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Mortality in Ecuador, by the numbers

Ecuador sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 77.6 years of life, 77th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Ecuador, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
77.6 yrs
77th of 212
Crude death rate
5.2 /1,000
31st lowest of 212
Premature NCD mortality
13.2 %
46th lowest of 182

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Ecuador ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 77.6 yrs 77 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.0 /1,000 124 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.2 /1,000 182 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 20.0 yrs 53 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 58.0 /1,000 112 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.4 yrs 83 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 81.5 men/100 women 120 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 10.9 /1,000 105 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 55.0 /100k 89 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 13.2 % 137 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.6 /100k 89 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 20.1 /100k 67 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 11.1 % 90 of 143 2003
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.5 L 126 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 8.3 % 106 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $509 89 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $6,875 120 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Ecuador's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 31st lowest crude death rate in the world (5.2 /1,000) and the 46th lowest premature NCD mortality in the world (13.2 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Ecuador; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.