Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Ecuador
Ecuador: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 11.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Ecuador stood at 11.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.3% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Ecuador peaked at 17.3% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 11.4%, in 2025.
Ecuador ranks 16th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 15.6% | — |
| 1999 | 17.3% | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 15.8% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 17.0% | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 14.7% | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 14.9% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 13.7% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 13.5% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 14.1% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 12.7% | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 12.6% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 12.6% | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 13.0% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 12.9% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 15.8% | +22.5% |
| 2025 | 11.4% | -28.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.4% | 15.6% | 17.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.4% | 13.7% | 17.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 12.9% | 12.3% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 11.4% | 15.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 13 Costa Rica 12.6% compare
- 14 United States of America 12.1% compare
- 15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.4% compare
- 17 Cameroon 11.2% compare
- 18 Peru 11.1% compare
- 19 Montenegro 11.0% compare
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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Ecuador?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Ecuador was 11.4% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 17.3% in 1999.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.4% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Ecuador ranks 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.