Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Ecuador
Ecuador: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 92.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ecuador, 1994–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 92.0% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ecuador peaked at 97.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 91.0%, in 2018.
That places Ecuador 64th out of 119 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 96.9% | — |
| 1999 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 97.9% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 95.9% | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 96.3% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 94.6% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 94.2% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 93.5% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 93.7% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 94.5% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 93.3% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 93.0% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 92.0% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 91.7% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 91.7% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 91.5% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 92.0% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 91.0% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 91.8% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 93.6% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 92.4% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 92.0% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 92.0% | +0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 92.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 97% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 92.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.9% | 96.9% | 96.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 95.1% | 93.5% | 97.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 91.9% | 91.0% | 93.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.5% | 92.0% | 93.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More poverty & inequality data for Ecuador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ecuador?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ecuador was 92.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.0% in 2018.
- How does Ecuador rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Ecuador ranks 64th out of 119 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.