Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Ecuador

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Ecuador in 2025 — 30.1%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 4. Since 1987, the indicator has fallen by 30.7 pp.

2025 30.1% −2.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 3of 4
Period maximum 76.6%2000
Period minimum 28.3%2017

Trend over time

1987–2025 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Ecuador, 1987–202520406080198719911995199920032007201120152019202320251987: 60.8%1994: 65.9%1995: 65.3%1998: 65%1999: 68.6%2000: 76.6%2003: 58.7%2004: 59.7%2005: 51.9%2006: 46.8%2007: 45.9%2008: 43.4%2009: 44.4%2010: 39.7%2011: 35.9%2012: 32.6%2013: 32.5%2014: 28.7%2015: 29.8%2016: 29.3%2017: 28.3%2018: 28.9%2019: 30.6%2020: 36%2021: 33.5%2022: 30.9%2023: 30.8%2024: 32.6%2025: 30.1%
Change over the period: −30.7 pp Annual average: -0.81 pp
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.1 −2.5 pp
2024 32.6 +1.8 pp
2023 30.8 −0.1 pp
2022 30.9 −2.6 pp
2021 33.5 −2.5 pp
2020 36 +5.4 pp
2019 30.6 +1.7 pp
2018 28.9 +0.6 pp
2017 28.3 −1 pp
2016 29.3 −0.5 pp
2015 29.8 +1.1 pp
2014 28.7 −3.8 pp
2013 32.5 −0.1 pp
2012 32.6 −3.3 pp
2011 35.9 −3.8 pp
2010 39.7 −4.7 pp
2009 44.4 +1 pp
2008 43.4 −2.5 pp
2007 45.9 −0.9 pp
2006 46.8 −5.1 pp
2005 51.9 −7.8 pp
2004 59.7 +1 pp
2003 58.7
2000 76.6 +8 pp
1999 68.6 +3.6 pp
1998 65
1995 65.3 −0.6 pp
1994 65.9
1987 60.8

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.