Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Ecuador
Ecuador: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 15.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Ecuador, 1990–2022
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 15.1% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2022.
The figure is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Ecuador peaked at 16.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 1996.
Ecuador ranks 124th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6.9% | — |
| 1991 | 6.6% | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 6.1% | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 6.0% | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 6.1% | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 6.4% | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 5.8% | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 6.9% | +19.0% |
| 1998 | 7.8% | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 8.7% | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | +21.8% |
| 2001 | 11.6% | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 11.4% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 11.5% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 11.3% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 13.9% | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 14.1% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 15.0% | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 14.1% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 13.5% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 13.7% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 15.1% | +10.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 15.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 69% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 15.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.6%, 77% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.7% | 5.8% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.2% | 10.5% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.2% | 12.3% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.1% | 13.5% | 15.1% | 3 |
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 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Ecuador?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Ecuador was 15.1% in 2022, according to UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 16.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 1996.
- How does Ecuador rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Ecuador ranks 124th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes include direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.