Ecuador Poverty Rate 1994-2021
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 2018 was 24.20%, a 1% increase from 2017.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2017 was 23.20%, a 0.7% decline from 2016.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2016 was 23.90%, a 0.8% decline from 2015.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2015 was 24.70%, a 0.9% increase from 2014.
Ecuador Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2018 |
24.20% |
1.00% |
2017 |
23.20% |
-0.70% |
2016 |
23.90% |
-0.80% |
2015 |
24.70% |
0.90% |
2014 |
23.80% |
-3.10% |
2013 |
26.90% |
-0.60% |
2012 |
27.50% |
-2.70% |
2011 |
30.20% |
-4.10% |
2010 |
34.30% |
-3.90% |
2009 |
38.20% |
0.00% |
2008 |
38.20% |
-2.20% |
2007 |
40.40% |
-0.80% |
2006 |
41.20% |
-5.30% |
2005 |
46.50% |
-8.10% |
2004 |
54.60% |
1.20% |
2003 |
53.40% |
-19.30% |
2000 |
72.70% |
9.30% |
1999 |
63.40% |
2.60% |
1994 |
60.80% |
2.60% |