Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 30.15 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ecuador is 30.15, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.6% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ecuador peaked at 76.64 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28.31, in 2017.
Ecuador ranks 50th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.26 | 65.9 | 68.62 | 2 |
| 2000s | 53.44 | 43.39 | 76.64 | 8 |
| 2010s | 31.64 | 28.31 | 39.75 | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.34 | 30.15 | 36.04 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 47 Peru 36.2 compare
- 48 Iran 36.05 compare
- 49 Azerbaijan 35.93 compare
- 51 El Salvador 29.94 compare
- 52 Palestine, State of 28.58 compare
- 53 Mongolia 24.4 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Ecuador
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 10 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.82 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,007 (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 revenues vs income inequality 15.13 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.358 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ecuador?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ecuador was 30.15 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 76.64 in 2000.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.31 in 2017.
- How does Ecuador rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Ecuador ranks 50th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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