Ecuador
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Global rank#2out of 4 countries
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Historical trend

34.126.418.811.13.4198720062025Ecuador · 2025: $3.40Ecuador

Analytical takeaways

  • Ecuador records $3.40 for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) in 2025, ranking #2 globally out of 4 countries.
  • Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) declined from $21.60 in 1987 to $3.40 in 2025, a decrease of $18.20.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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