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.
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
- 7 Mozambique 0.4956 compare
- 8 Nicaragua 0.4616 compare
- 10 Honduras 0.4568 compare
- 11 Costa Rica 0.4546 compare
- 12 Guatemala 0.4521 compare
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 women 0.1015 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1015 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1252 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3061 (2023)
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.