Botswana vs Ecuador: Total shortfall from extreme poverty

Botswana
158.57 million international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2015
Ecuador
198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2025
Botswana rank
51st
Ecuador rank
48th

Total shortfall from extreme poverty over time

  • Botswana
  • Ecuador
0500.0M1.0B1.5B2.0B198520052025

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices against 158.57 million international-$ in 2021 prices in Botswana, a difference of 40.39 million international-$ in 2021 prices.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.

Botswana ranks 51st and Ecuador ranks 48th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total shortfall from extreme poverty
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed

This is the amount of money that would be theoretically needed to lift the income or consumption of all people in poverty up to $3 per day. However, this is not a measure of the actual cost of eliminating poverty, since it does not take into account the costs involved in making the necessary transfers nor any changes in behavior they would bring about.