Ecuador's life expectancy rose from 71.3 yrs in 1995 to 77.6 yrs in 2024.
Ecuador · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Ecuador's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 63.5 yrs in 2000 to 64.3 yrs in 2021.
Ecuador's infant mortality fell from 32.7 ‰ in 1995 to 10.9 ‰ in 2024.
Ecuador's under-5 mortality rate fell from 40.5 ‰ in 1995 to 12.9 ‰ in 2024.
Ecuador's maternal mortality ratio fell from 155.0 /100k in 1994 to 55.0 /100k in 2023.
Ecuador's ncd mortality fell from 15.4 % in 2000 to 13.2 % in 2021.
Ecuador's suicide mortality rate rose from 5.6 /100k in 2000 to 7.6 /100k in 2021.
Ecuador's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 13.5 /100k in 2000 to 20.1 /100k in 2019.
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Health spendingdown −0.0 pts69th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +2.9 %88th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.2 pts110th of 192
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Physiciansdown −0.3 %66th of 138*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −11.3 %107th of 180*
- Hospital bedsup +0.8 %59th of 75
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts157th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts168th of 192
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts68th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +11.9 %134th of 208
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Safe drinking waterup +0.2 pts87th of 148
- Safe sanitationdown −0.0 pts85th of 141