Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Ecuador
8.4% of people in Ecuador lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2017.
Ecuador, 2025
8.4%
Change from 2024
−3.7percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | 8.4% | – |
| 2024 | 12.1% | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 9.2% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 13.5% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 9.5% | – |
| 2018 | 9.2% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 9.2% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 8.2% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 14.4% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 16.9% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 17.7% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 18.7% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 19.4% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 24.7% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 30.9% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 29.8% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.7 percentage points from 12.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.2%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.