Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Ecuador
Ecuador: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 18.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Ecuador is 18.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Ecuador peaked at 23.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 18.1%, in 2025.
That places Ecuador 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 50% of the median in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 21.1% | — |
| 1999 | 23.0% | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 22.3% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 22.4% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 22.2% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 21.1% | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 21.0% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 21.4% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 20.0% | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 20.2% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 19.6% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 21.2% | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 19.6% | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 18.7% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 19.0% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 18.5% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 20.3% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 20.1% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 18.4% | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 19.8% | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 19.0% | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 22.0% | +15.4% |
| 2025 | 18.1% | -17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.1% | 21.1% | 23.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.7% | 20.0% | 22.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 18.5% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 18.1% | 22.0% | 6 |
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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Ecuador?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Ecuador was 18.1% 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 50% of the median recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.1% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Ecuador ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 50% 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 50% of the median.