Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Ecuador
30.1% of people in Ecuador lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.
Ecuador, 2025
30.1%
Change from 2024
−2.5percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | 30.1% | – |
| 2024 | 32.6% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 30.8% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 30.9% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 33.5% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 36.0% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 30.6% | – |
| 2018 | 28.9% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 28.3% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 29.3% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 29.8% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 28.7% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 32.5% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 32.6% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 39.7% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 44.4% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 43.4% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 45.9% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 46.8% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 51.9% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 59.7% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 58.7% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.5 percentage points from 32.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 29.8%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.