Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ecuador
Ecuador: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.529 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ecuador, 2001–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ecuador stood at 0.529.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ecuador peaked at 0.6538 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.4946, in 2016.
That places Ecuador 49th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.6538 | — |
| 2003 | 0.6376 | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5851 | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6211 | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5714 | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5602 | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5754 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5284 | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5409 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5376 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5152 | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.5032 | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4946 | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5132 | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.5101 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5053 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5315 | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5314 | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.529 | -0.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.529 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5361, 99% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.529 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5933, 89% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6049 | 0.5602 | 0.6538 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.5224 | 0.4946 | 0.5754 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5306 | 0.529 | 0.5315 | 3 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.4522 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 15.13 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.1% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ecuador?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ecuador was 0.529 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6538 in 2001.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4946 in 2016.
- How does Ecuador rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Ecuador ranks 49th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.