Ecuador vs Sri Lanka: Life expectancy at birth, total

Ecuador
77.58 years
in 2024
Sri Lanka
77.67 years
in 2024
Ecuador rank
77th
Sri Lanka rank
76th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Ecuador
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 77.67 years against 77.58 years in Ecuador, a difference of 0.093 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Ecuador ranks 77th and Sri Lanka ranks 76th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.