Income share held by lowest 10% in Ecuador
Ecuador: Income share held by lowest 10% was 1.7% in 2025. β² Rising
Income share held by lowest 10% in Ecuador, 1987β2025
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income share held by lowest 10% in Ecuador is 1.7%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 13.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by lowest 10% in Ecuador peaked at 1.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1999.
That places Ecuador 109th out of 122 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 107 Costa Rica 1.8% compare
- 107 Israel 1.8% compare
- 109 Mozambique 1.7% compare
- 109 United States 1.7% compare
- 112 Ghana 1.6% compare
- 112 Guatemala 1.6% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Ecuador
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 10 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.82 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,007 (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 revenues vs income inequality 15.13 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.358 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by lowest 10% in Ecuador?
- Income share held by lowest 10% in Ecuador was 1.7% in 2025, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by lowest 10% recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest income share held by lowest 10% recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1999.
- How does Ecuador rank for income share held by lowest 10%?
- Ecuador ranks 109th out of 122 countries with data for 2025.
- Is income share held by lowest 10% rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by lowest 10%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.