Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Ecuador
Ecuador: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 1.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty gap index at $3 a day in Ecuador is 1.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 48.4% on the previous year and down 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Ecuador peaked at 14.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2025.
That places Ecuador 42nd out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.7% | 9.4% | 11.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 3.4% | 14.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 39 Montenegro 1.2% compare
- 40 Tajikistan 1.1% compare
- 41 Brazil 1.0% compare
- 43 Bangladesh 1.0% compare
- 44 Georgia 0.9% compare
- 45 Uzbekistan 0.8% 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)
- 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 poverty gap index at $3 a day in Ecuador?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Ecuador was 1.0% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Ecuador ranks 42nd out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).