Extreme poverty rate in Ecuador
3.4% of people in Ecuador lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1987.
Ecuador, 2025
3.4%
Change from 2024
−3.9percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Ecuador over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ecuador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4% | – |
| 2024 | 7.3% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 4.7% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 8.4% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | – |
| 2018 | 4.7% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 5.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 9.3% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 10.9% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 19.4% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.9 percentage points from 7.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by −1.4 percentage points.
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Poverty rate at national poverty lines
21.4%
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Prevalence of undernourishment
10.8%
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Gini index
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Income share held by the richest 10%
35.1%
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Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
8.4%
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Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
30.1%
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