Ecuador Poverty Rate 1960-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Ecuador poverty rate for 2022 was 29.90%, a 1.8% decline from 2021.
  • Ecuador poverty rate for 2021 was 31.70%, a 2.9% decline from 2020.
  • Ecuador poverty rate for 2020 was 34.60%, a 4.9% increase from 2019.
  • Ecuador poverty rate for 2019 was 29.70%, a 1.9% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Peru 32.20%
Ecuador 29.90%
Brazil 23.50%
Iran 21.90%
Mexico 21.80%
Dominican Republic 21.50%
Paraguay 19.90%
Suriname 17.50%
Costa Rica 14.10%
Bosnia 0.00%
Cuba 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Lebanon 0.00%
Mauritius 0.00%
Serbia 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Bulgaria 0.00%
Equatorial Guinea 0.00%
Kazakhstan 0.00%
Montenegro 0.00%
Russia 0.00%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Gabon 0.00%
Jordan 0.00%
North Macedonia 0.00%
Romania 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
China 0.00%
Fiji 0.00%
Jamaica 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Turkey 0.00%
Botswana 0.00%
Iraq 0.00%
Tonga 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Algeria 0.00%
Maldives 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Belize 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
St. Lucia 0.00%
Namibia 0.00%
Thailand 0.00%
South Africa 0.00%
Belarus 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Guatemala 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Malaysia 0.00%
Samoa 0.00%
Ecuador Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 29.90% -1.80%
2021 31.70% -2.90%
2020 34.60% 4.90%
2019 29.70% 1.90%
2018 27.80% 0.70%
2017 27.10% -1.10%
2016 28.20% -0.60%
2015 28.80% 1.20%
2014 27.60% -3.60%
2013 31.20% -0.20%
2012 31.40% -3.30%
2011 34.70% -4.10%
2010 38.80% -4.40%
2009 43.20% 0.90%
2008 42.30% -2.60%
2007 44.90% -0.90%
2006 45.80% -4.80%
2005 50.60% -8.40%
2004 59.00% 1.30%
2003 57.70% 57.70%
2002 0.00% 0.00%
2001 0.00% -75.90%
2000 75.90% 8.10%
1999 67.80% 3.50%
1998 64.30% 64.30%
1997 0.00% 0.00%
1996 0.00% -64.40%
1995 64.40% -0.40%
1994 64.80% 64.80%
1993 0.00% 0.00%
1992 0.00% 0.00%
1991 0.00% 0.00%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% -59.60%
1987 59.60% 59.60%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%