Ecuador Poverty Rate 1994-2023
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 34.60%, a 4.9% increase from 2019.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2019 was 29.70%, a 1.9% increase from 2018.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2018 was 27.80%, a 0.7% increase from 2017.
- Ecuador poverty rate for 2017 was 27.10%, a 1.1% decline from 2016.
| Ecuador Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
34.60% |
4.90% |
| 2019 |
29.70% |
1.90% |
| 2018 |
27.80% |
0.70% |
| 2017 |
27.10% |
-1.10% |
| 2016 |
28.20% |
-0.60% |
| 2015 |
28.80% |
1.20% |
| 2014 |
27.60% |
-3.60% |
| 2013 |
31.20% |
-0.30% |
| 2012 |
31.50% |
-3.20% |
| 2011 |
34.70% |
-4.10% |
| 2010 |
38.80% |
-4.40% |
| 2009 |
43.20% |
0.90% |
| 2008 |
42.30% |
-2.60% |
| 2007 |
44.90% |
-0.90% |
| 2006 |
45.80% |
-4.80% |
| 2005 |
50.60% |
-8.30% |
| 2004 |
58.90% |
1.10% |
| 2003 |
57.80% |
-18.10% |
| 2000 |
75.90% |
8.10% |
| 1999 |
67.80% |
2.90% |
| 1994 |
64.90% |
2.90% |
