Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ecuador
Ecuador: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 18.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ecuador is 18.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 17.7% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ecuador peaked at 23.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 18.1%, in 2025.
Ecuador ranks 18th of 130 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 21.1% | — |
| 1999 | 23.0% | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 22.3% | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 22.4% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 22.2% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 21.1% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 21.0% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 21.4% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 20.0% | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 20.2% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 19.6% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 21.2% | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 19.6% | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 18.7% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 19.0% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 18.5% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 20.3% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 20.1% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 18.4% | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 19.8% | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 19.0% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 22.0% | +15.8% |
| 2025 | 18.1% | -17.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 18.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.8%, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 18.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.8%, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.1% | 21.1% | 23.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.7% | 20.0% | 22.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 18.5% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 18.1% | 22.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More infrastructure data for Ecuador
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 18.43 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 101.6 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.22 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6.72 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0672 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -15.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.22 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.02 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ecuador?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Ecuador was 18.1% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.1% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Ecuador ranks 18th out of 130 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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