Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 3.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Ecuador stood at 3.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 53.3% on the previous year and down 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Ecuador peaked at 34.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2025.
That places Ecuador 44th out of 118 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.2% | 21.5% | 26.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.1% | 9.3% | 34.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 4.0% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 3.4% | 8.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More poverty & inequality data for Ecuador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,007 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.1% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.358 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1252 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1015 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1015 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3061 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Ecuador?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Ecuador was 3.4% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 34.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Ecuador ranks 44th out of 118 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.