Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Ecuador
Ecuador: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.529 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Ecuador, 2001–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.529 for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Ecuador peaked at 0.6538 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.4946, in 2016.
Ecuador ranks 49th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3061 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Ecuador?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank 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 gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6538 in 2001.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4946 in 2016.
- How does Ecuador rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Ecuador ranks 49th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank 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 Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. 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.