Share of population living below national poverty lines in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share of population living below national poverty lines was 21.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Ecuador, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2025, share of population living below national poverty lines in Ecuador stood at 21.4%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 23.6% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population living below national poverty lines in Ecuador peaked at 64.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 21.4%, in 2025.
Ecuador ranks 26th of 70 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 64.4% | — |
| 2001 | 54.9% | -14.8% |
| 2003 | 49.9% | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 44.6% | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 42.2% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 37.6% | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 36.7% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 35.1% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 36.0% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 32.8% | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 28.6% | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 27.3% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 25.6% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 22.5% | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 23.3% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 22.9% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 23.2% | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 33.0% | +32.0% |
| 2021 | 27.7% | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 25.2% | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 26.0% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 28.0% | +7.7% |
| 2025 | 21.4% | -23.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.6% | 35.1% | 64.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 25.3% | 21.5% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.9% | 21.4% | 33.0% | 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 share of population living below national poverty lines in Ecuador?
- Share of population living below national poverty lines in Ecuador was 21.4% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 64.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.4% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for share of population living below national poverty lines?
- Ecuador ranks 26th out of 70 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of population living below national poverty lines rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population living below national poverty lines. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.