Total shortfall from extreme poverty in Ecuador
Ecuador: Total shortfall from extreme poverty was 198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Total shortfall from extreme poverty in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in international-$ in 2021 prices.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total shortfall from extreme poverty in Ecuador is 198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 48.0% on the previous year and down 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total shortfall from extreme poverty in Ecuador peaked at 2.01 billion international-$ in 2021 prices in 2000 and was at its lowest, 198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices, in 2025.
That places Ecuador 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 1.40 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 1.17 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 1.63 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 2 |
| 2000s | 946.04 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 558.88 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 2.01 billion international-$ in 2021 prices | 8 |
| 2010s | 307.39 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 208.32 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 435.56 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 10 |
| 2020s | 333.25 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 558.40 million international-$ in 2021 prices | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 45 Guinea-Bissau 263.41 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 46 Egypt 219.90 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 47 United Kingdom 208.75 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 49 Australia 178.21 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 50 Gambia 161.53 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
- 51 Botswana 158.57 million international-$ in 2021 prices compare
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)
- 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3061 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total shortfall from extreme poverty in Ecuador?
- Total shortfall from extreme poverty in Ecuador was 198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total shortfall from extreme poverty recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 billion international-$ in 2021 prices in 2000.
- What is the lowest total shortfall from extreme poverty recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 198.96 million international-$ in 2021 prices in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for total shortfall from extreme poverty?
- Ecuador ranks 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total shortfall from extreme poverty rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.7%. 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 Total shortfall from extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the amount of money that would be theoretically needed to lift the income or consumption of all people in poverty up to $3 per day. However, this is not a measure of the actual cost of eliminating poverty, since it does not take into account the costs involved in making the necessary transfers nor any changes in behavior they would bring about.