Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Ecuador
21.4% of people in Ecuador lived below the national poverty line in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Ecuador, 2025
21.4%
Change from 2024
−6.6percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Ecuador over time
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Ecuador
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.4% |
| 2024 | 28.0% |
| 2023 | 26.0% |
| 2022 | 25.2% |
| 2021 | 27.7% |
| 2020 | 33.0% |
| 2019 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 23.2% |
| 2017 | 21.5% |
| 2016 | 22.9% |
| 2015 | 23.3% |
| 2014 | 22.5% |
| 2013 | 25.6% |
| 2012 | 27.3% |
| 2011 | 28.6% |
| 2010 | 32.8% |
| 2009 | 36.0% |
| 2008 | 35.1% |
| 2007 | 36.7% |
| 2006 | 37.6% |
| 2005 | 42.2% |
| 2004 | 44.6% |
| 2003 | 49.9% |
| 2001 | 54.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −6.6 percentage points from 28.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 23.3%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.