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Women can take the same jobs as men in Ecuador

Ecuador: Women can take the same jobs as men was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1971
All-time low
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Women can take the same jobs as men in Ecuador, 1970–2023

00.20.40.60.81197019962023

Source: Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in (1=yes; 0=no).

Analysis

The most recent figure for women can take the same jobs as men in Ecuador is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, women can take the same jobs as men in Ecuador peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

Ecuador ranks 1st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.

Women can take the same jobs as men in Ecuador, year by year

Year (1=yes; 0=no) Change
1970 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1971 1 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1972 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1973 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1974 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1975 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1976 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1977 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1978 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1979 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1980 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1981 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1982 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1983 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1984 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1985 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1986 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1987 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1988 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1989 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1990 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1991 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1992 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1993 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1994 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1995 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1996 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1997 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1998 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1999 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2000 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2001 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2002 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2003 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2004 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2005 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2006 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2007 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2008 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2009 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2010 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2011 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2012 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2013 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2014 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2015 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2016 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2017 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2018 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2019 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2020 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2021 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2022 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2023 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1980s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1990s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2000s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2010s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2020s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 4

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  3. 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  4. 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  5. 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  6. 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  7. 1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  8. 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  9. 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Bangladesh 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Benin 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Bolivia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Brunei 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 Burkina Faso 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Burundi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Djibouti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 East Timor 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 Gambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Haiti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Indonesia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Iraq 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Laos 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Lebanon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Libya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Malaysia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Maldives 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Mali 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Morocco 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Oman 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Pakistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Philippines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  121. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  122. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  123. 1 Russia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  124. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  125. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  126. 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  127. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  128. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  129. 1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  130. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  131. 1 Saudi Arabia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  132. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  133. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  134. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  135. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  136. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  137. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  138. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  139. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  140. 1 Somalia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  141. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  142. 1 South Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  143. 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  144. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  145. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  146. 1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  147. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  148. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  149. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  150. 1 Tanzania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  151. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  152. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  153. 1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  154. 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  155. 1 Tunisia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  156. 1 Turkey 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  157. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  158. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  159. 1 United Arab Emirates 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  160. 1 United Kingdom 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  161. 1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  162. 1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  163. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  164. 1 Vanuatu 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  165. 1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  166. 1 Vietnam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  167. 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is women can take the same jobs as men in Ecuador?
Women can take the same jobs as men in Ecuador was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023, according to Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women can take the same jobs as men recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1971.
What is the lowest women can take the same jobs as men recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does Ecuador rank for women can take the same jobs as men?
Ecuador ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is women can take the same jobs as men rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women can take the same jobs as men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Women can take the same jobs as men
Unit
(1=yes; 0=no)
Source
Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Husbands cannot prevent their wives from working, women don't need more permissions or additional documentation to work relative to men, and their work is not considered a form of disobedience with legal consequences.