Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.4592 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ecuador is 0.4592, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.5857 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.4458, in 2023.
Ecuador ranks 9th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.5333 | — |
| 1999 | 0.5857 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 0.563 | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.5351 | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5389 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5306 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5225 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5336 | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4979 | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 0.485 | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.488 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4587 | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4611 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4686 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4499 | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4595 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4502 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4467 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4544 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.4571 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4731 | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 0.458 | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4547 | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.4458 | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.452 | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 0.4592 | +1.6% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.4592 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.4592 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4447, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5595 | 0.5333 | 0.5857 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5258 | 0.485 | 0.563 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4594 | 0.4467 | 0.488 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4571 | 0.4458 | 0.4731 | 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)
- 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 vs. gdp per capita in Ecuador?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ecuador was 0.4592 in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5857 in 1999.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4458 in 2023.
- How does Ecuador rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 9th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.