Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Ecuador
Ecuador: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 26.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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 60% of the median in Ecuador stood at 26.3%.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Ecuador peaked at 29.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 25.4%, in 2016.
That places Ecuador 12th out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 27.8% | — |
| 1999 | 29.0% | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 28.6% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 28.6% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 28.4% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 28.8% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 27.8% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 27.5% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 27.8% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 26.6% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 26.6% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 26.2% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 27.3% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 26.4% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 25.8% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 25.4% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 26.1% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 26.5% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 26.1% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 26.1% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 27.1% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 26.2% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 28.0% | +6.7% |
| 2025 | 26.3% | -6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.4% | 27.8% | 29.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.0% | 26.6% | 28.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 26.2% | 25.4% | 27.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.6% | 26.1% | 28.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 9 Ghana 26.7% compare
- 10 Cameroon 26.4% compare
- 11 Costa Rica 26.4% compare
- 13 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 26.1% compare
- 14 United States of America 25.9% compare
- 15 Guatemala 25.6% 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 60% of the median in Ecuador?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Ecuador was 26.3% 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 60% of the median recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 29.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.4% in 2016.
- How does Ecuador rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Ecuador ranks 12th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.