What is life expectancy in Ecuador?

Life expectancy in Ecuador was 77.39 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Ecuador?

The highest recorded value was 77.39 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Ecuador?

The lowest recorded value was 48.45 years in 1950.

How does Ecuador rank for life expectancy?

Ecuador ranks 88th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Ecuador?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Ecuador data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Ecuador

Name: Life expectancy in Ecuador
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Ecuador: Life expectancy was 77.39 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

77.39 years

Change on year

up 1.1%

World rank

88th

of 236 countries

All-time high

77.39 years

in 2023

All-time low

48.45 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Ecuador, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 77.39 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Ecuador peaked at 77.39 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.45 years, in 1950.

Ecuador ranks 88th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	50.36 years	48.45 years	52.74 years	10
1960s	56.06 years	53.4 years	58.27 years	10
1970s	60.87 years	58.85 years	62.85 years	10
1980s	65.45 years	63.33 years	67.82 years	10
1990s	70.69 years	68.44 years	72.01 years	10
2000s	73.71 years	72.09 years	74.9 years	10
2010s	76.09 years	75.18 years	77.29 years	10
2020s	74.68 years	72 years	77.39 years	4

Countries ranked near Ecuador

85 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 77.44 years compare
86 Argentina 77.39 years compare
86 North Macedonia 77.39 years compare
89 British Virgin Islands 77.28 years compare
90 Guam 77.21 years compare
91 Turkey 77.16 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Ecuador

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Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 165,962 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 159,279 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 165,399 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 158,711 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 159,980 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 151,834 (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 149,012 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 145,656 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 158,574 (2025)

All data for Ecuador →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Ecuador?: Life expectancy in Ecuador was 77.39 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Ecuador?: The highest recorded value was 77.39 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Ecuador?: The lowest recorded value was 48.45 years in 1950.
How does Ecuador rank for life expectancy?: Ecuador ranks 88th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Ecuador?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.