Employees in Ecuador

Ecuador: Employees was 4,151 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
4,151
Change on year
up 5.7%
World rank
31st
of 73 countries
All-time high
4,151
in 2025
All-time low
3,209
in 2020
Years of data
13
2013–2025

Employees in Ecuador, 2013–2025

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k2013201920252013: 3.7k2014: 3.9k2015: 3.9k2016: 3.8k2017: 3.9k2018: 3.9k2019: 3.8k2020: 3.2k2021: 3.6k2022: 3.8k2023: 4.0k2024: 3.9k2025: 4.2k

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 4,151 for employees in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employees in Ecuador peaked at 4,151 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3,209, in 2020.

That places Ecuador 31st out of 73 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

Employees in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Employees (15+) in Ecuador, 2013 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2013 3,659
2014 3,863 +5.6%
2015 3,928 +1.7%
2016 3,827 -2.6%
2017 3,915 +2.3%
2018 3,873 -1.1%
2019 3,810 -1.6%
2020 3,209 -15.8%
2021 3,613 +12.6%
2022 3,793 +5.0%
2023 3,979 +4.9%
2024 3,927 -1.3%
2025 4,151 +5.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 3,839 3,659 3,928 7
2020s 3,779 3,209 4,151 6

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 28 Portugal 4,474 compare
  2. 29 Guatemala 4,394 compare
  3. 30 Czechia 4,386 compare
  4. 32 Switzerland 4,075 compare
  5. 33 Austria 3,804 compare
  6. 34 Israel 3,796 compare

See the full ranking of 73 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is employees in Ecuador?
Employees in Ecuador was 4,151 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest employees recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 4,151 in 2025.
What is the lowest employees recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 3,209 in 2020.
How does Ecuador rank for employees?
Ecuador ranks 31st out of 73 countries with data for 2025.
Is employees rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employees (15+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Employees (15+)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
73 places, 872 data points, 1993–2026
Last refreshed

With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.