Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Ecuador

Healthy life expectancy in Ecuador in 2021 — 64.3 years. Ranked 65 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.3%.

2021 64.3 years +1.3% vs 2020
World rank 65of 185
Period maximum 67.6 years2019
Period minimum 63.5 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Ecuador, 2000–202162646668200020032006200920122015201820212000: 63.5 years2001: 63.9 years2002: 64 years2003: 64.6 years2004: 64.6 years2005: 64.5 years2006: 64.7 years2007: 64.9 years2008: 65 years2009: 65.4 years2010: 65.5 years2011: 65.9 years2012: 66.1 years2013: 66.5 years2014: 66.9 years2015: 67.1 years2016: 67.2 years2017: 67.3 years2018: 67.4 years2019: 67.6 years2020: 63.5 years2021: 64.3 years
Change over the period: +0.8 (+1.33%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ecuador

Ecuador 64.3 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
South America computed 62.9 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 64.3 +0.8 +1.3%
2020 63.5 −4.1 −6.06%
2019 67.6 +0.2 +0.31%
2018 67.4 +0.1 +0.18%
2017 67.3 +0.1 +0.18%
2016 67.2 +0 +0.04%
2015 67.1 +0.2 +0.31%
2014 66.9 +0.4 +0.58%
2013 66.5 +0.5 +0.71%
2012 66.1 +0.2 +0.29%
2011 65.9 +0.3 +0.52%
2010 65.5 +0.2 +0.26%
2009 65.4 +0.4 +0.59%
2008 65 +0 +0.06%
2007 64.9 +0.3 +0.42%
2006 64.7 +0.2 +0.27%
2005 64.5 −0.2 −0.23%
2004 64.6 +0.1 +0.1%
2003 64.6 +0.6 +0.94%
2002 64 +0.1 +0.16%
2001 63.9 +0.4 +0.6%
2000 63.5

About the indicator

The expected number of years of life in full health at birth — the HALE indicator in WHO terminology. Years spent with illness or limitation enter the calculation with a reduced weight depending on the severity of the condition, so HALE is always lower than ordinary life expectancy. The difference between them is the expected time of life with health lost: in most countries it is about ten years, and as life expectancy grows the difference grows too rather than shrinking.

Important: This series is not in the World Development Indicators — only at WHO. The severity weights of conditions are taken as common to all countries, so the differences reflect the prevalence of diseases and not how a country regards disability.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.