Ecuador Poverty Rate 1994-2022
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2020 was 30.60%, a 5.2% increase from 2019.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2019 was 25.40%, a 1.2% increase from 2018.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2018 was 24.20%, a 0.9% increase from 2017.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2017 was 23.30%, a 0.7% decline from 2016.
| Ecuador Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
30.60% |
5.20% |
| 2019 |
25.40% |
1.20% |
| 2018 |
24.20% |
0.90% |
| 2017 |
23.30% |
-0.70% |
| 2016 |
24.00% |
-0.80% |
| 2015 |
24.80% |
1.00% |
| 2014 |
23.80% |
-3.40% |
| 2013 |
27.20% |
-0.40% |
| 2012 |
27.60% |
-2.60% |
| 2011 |
30.20% |
-4.30% |
| 2010 |
34.50% |
-3.80% |
| 2009 |
38.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2008 |
38.40% |
-2.10% |
| 2007 |
40.50% |
-0.90% |
| 2006 |
41.40% |
-5.10% |
| 2005 |
46.50% |
-8.40% |
| 2004 |
54.90% |
1.10% |
| 2003 |
53.80% |
-18.90% |
| 2000 |
72.70% |
9.30% |
| 1999 |
63.40% |
2.50% |
| 1994 |
60.90% |
2.50% |
