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Life expectancy (from birth) in Ecuador from 1870 to 2020*

Characteristic	Life expectancy in years
2020	76.7
2015	75.59
2010	74.59
2005	73.53
2000	71.87
1995	69.98
1990	67.69
1985	64.96
1980	62.09
1975	59.51
1970	56.91
1965	54.39
1960	51.52
1955	48.59
1950	47.88
1945	40.7
1940	35.24
1935	34.8
1930	34.66
1925	34.5
1920	33.56
1915	34.2
1910	34.06
1905	33.9
1900	33.76
1895	33.6
1890	33.44
1885	33.3
1880	33.14
1875	33
1870	32.9

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August 2019

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Ecuador

Survey time period

1870 to 2020

Supplementary notes

*All data given is an average of the preceding five year period.
Data for the second source can be found .

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In 1870, the average person born in Ecuador could expect to live to just under the age of 33. Outside of a temporary drop in the late 1910s, the result of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, life expectancy in Ecuador would see only modest growth for much of the first half of the 20^th century, reaching just over 35 years in 1940. However, life expectancy would begin to rise sharply in the 1940s, as reforms under President Galo Plaza Lasso would bring a period of stability and economic growth to the country, greatly improving standards of living and seeing the infant mortality rate drop dramatically. Between 1940 and 1950 alone, life expectancy would jump by more than twelve years, to almost 48 years.

Following the end of Galo Plaza’s term in 1952, Ecuador would endure a period of instability and civil unrest, causing life expectancy to temporarily stagnate for several years. However, life expectancy would begin to grow rapidly again starting in the 1960s as modernization would see a continuation of the improvements made in the 1940s. This growth would continue steadily into the 21^st century, and in 2020, life expectancy from birth is almost 77 years.