Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Ecuador
Ecuador: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st was 29.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Ecuador, 2008–2022
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Ecuador is 29.8%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 13.2% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Ecuador peaked at 34.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 16.8%, in 2014.
That places Ecuador 25th out of 36 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 25.4% | — |
| 2010 | 30.0% | +18.0% |
| 2011 | 30.8% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 34.4% | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 16.8% | -51.1% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 33.1% | +90.0% |
| 2017 | 19.8% | -40.1% |
| 2018 | 18.9% | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 19.9% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 26.4% | +32.8% |
| 2022 | 29.8% | +13.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 29.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.9%, 60% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 29.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 29.8%, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +90.0% | 17.4% | 33.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.4% | 25.4% | 25.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 24.6% | 16.8% | 34.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 25.3% | 19.9% | 29.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 22 Costa Rica 40.4% compare
- 23 Thailand 40.0% compare
- 24 Sri Lanka 30.3% compare
- 26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 29.2% compare
- 27 Dominican Republic 26.0% compare
- 28 Indonesia 23.4% 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 protection and labor - 1st in Ecuador?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Ecuador was 29.8% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 34.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.8% in 2014.
- How does Ecuador rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st?
- Ecuador ranks 25th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap