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

Latest (2022)
29.8%
Change on year
up 13.2%
World rank
25th
of 36 countries
All-time high
34.4%
in 2012
All-time low
16.8%
in 2014
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Ecuador, 2008–2022

01020302008201520222008: 25.42010: 302011: 30.82012: 34.42014: 16.82015: 17.42016: 33.12017: 19.82018: 18.92019: 202020: 19.92021: 26.42022: 29.8

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

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Ecuador, 2008 to 2022.
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.

YearChange FromTo
2016 +90.0% 17.4% 33.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 22 Costa Rica 40.4% compare
  2. 23 Thailand 40.0% compare
  3. 24 Sri Lanka 30.3% compare
  4. 26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 29.2% compare
  5. 27 Dominican Republic 26.0% compare
  6. 28 Indonesia 23.4% compare

See the full ranking of 36 places →

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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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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 367 data points, 2002–2023
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