Income share held by the richest 10% in Ecuador

The richest 10% of people in Ecuador received 35.1% of total income or consumption in 2025.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1987 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2025 35.1% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2024 +1.7percentage points 2024: 33.4%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Ecuador over time

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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2003 to 2025
Period Ecuador
2025 35.1%
2024 33.4%
2023 33.2%
2022 34.3%
2021 34.7%
2020 36.0%
2019 34.5%
2018 34.4%
2017 33.8%
2016 34.3%
2015 34.9%
2014 34.4%
2013 35.7%
2012 34.6%
2011 34.1%
2010 37.5%
2009 37.1%
2008 38.1%
2007 42.0%
2006 41.1%
2005 41.1%
2004 42.4%
2003 42.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 33.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 34.9%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1987 to 2025 for Ecuador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform