Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time in Ecuador
Ecuador: Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time was 3.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 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, extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time in Ecuador stood at 3.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 53.3% on the previous year and down 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time in Ecuador peaked at 34.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2025.
Ecuador ranks 45th of 120 countries on this measure, 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 | 24.2% | 21.5% | 26.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.1% | 9.3% | 34.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 4.0% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 3.4% | 8.4% | 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)
- 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% (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)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3061 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time in Ecuador?
- Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time in Ecuador was 3.4% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 34.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time?
- Ecuador ranks 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. 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 Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.