Female employment rate in Ecuador
Ecuador: Female employment rate was 49.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Female employment rate in Ecuador, 1990–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 49.9% for female employment rate in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female employment rate in Ecuador peaked at 53.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 27.4%, in 1990.
That places Ecuador 92nd out of 172 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Female employment rate in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 27.4% | — |
| 1996 | 41.6% | +51.6% |
| 1997 | 42.6% | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 44.5% | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 43.0% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 51.9% | +20.6% |
| 2002 | 46.7% | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 46.2% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 49.9% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 49.5% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 50.5% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 50.1% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 49.6% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 47.0% | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 45.9% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 45.3% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 46.5% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 46.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 46.0% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 49.8% | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 52.4% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 53.6% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 52.2% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 52.0% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 44.8% | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 50.7% | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 52.0% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 50.6% | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 50.2% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 49.9% | -0.6% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 49.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 48.6%, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 49.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48.9%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Female employment rate in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +51.6% | 27.4% | 41.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.1% | 27.4% | 44.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 48.4% | 43.0% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.0% | 45.3% | 53.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.7% | 44.8% | 52.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More work & labour data for Ecuador
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.578 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.567 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.589 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 17,174 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,794 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 9,543 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 9,549 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 19,092 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female employment rate in Ecuador?
- Female employment rate in Ecuador was 49.9% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest female employment rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 53.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest female employment rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4% in 1990.
- How does Ecuador rank for female employment rate?
- Ecuador ranks 92nd out of 172 countries with data for 2025.
- Is female employment rate rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Female employment rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the female working-age population who are employed. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.