Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Ecuador
Ecuador: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile was 17.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Ecuador, 2008–2022
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 17.6% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Ecuador peaked at 17.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2015.
Ecuador ranks 23rd of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13.8% | — |
| 2010 | 14.3% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 14.2% | +14.8% |
| 2014 | 8.0% | -43.8% |
| 2015 | 7.3% | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 8.3% | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 12.9% | +54.4% |
| 2021 | 17.2% | +33.6% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.8% | 13.8% | 13.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 9.8% | 7.3% | 14.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 12.9% | 17.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 20 Dominican Republic 18.8% compare
- 21 Kosovo 17.7% compare
- 21 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 17.7% compare
- 24 Peru 13.6% compare
- 25 El Salvador 13.2% compare
- 26 Kyrgyzstan 12.9% compare
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 poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Ecuador?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Ecuador was 17.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 17.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2015.
- How does Ecuador rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile?
- Ecuador ranks 23rd out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap