TPEOThe People of the Earth Organization

Society profile

Ecuador

Ecuador: 56 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 18.3 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 23.9%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 67.5%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 8.6%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 63.4%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 1.8World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 54.3World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 77.6yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 10.9‰World Bank2024 Net migration -17 219World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 93.5%World Bank2024 Secondary school enrolment 92.8%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 67.9%World Bank2023 Education spending 3.7%World Bank2024

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $16 757$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $16 290$World Bank2025 Gini index 45.9World Bank2025 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 3.4%World Bank2025 Income share held by richest 10% 35.1%World Bank2025

Health

Suicide rate 7.6per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 7.6%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 77.2%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 101.6per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 98.5%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 2.6tWorld Bank2024

Religiosity

Religion is very important in life survey53.7%World Values Survey2018

Religious Practice

Attends religious services monthly or more survey61.5%World Values Survey2018 Believes in God survey97.9%World Values Survey2018

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey5.9%World Values Survey2018 Trusts people met for the first time survey7.8%World Values Survey2018

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey32.2%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in parliament survey21.9%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the police survey52.9%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the courts survey41.0%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the press survey36.5%World Values Survey2018

Family Structure

Family is very important in life survey87.6%World Values Survey2018

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 45.0%World Bank2025 When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job survey30.6%World Values Survey2018 Men make better political leaders than women survey22.8%World Values Survey2018

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey71.8%World Values Survey2018 Satisfied with how democracy works survey46.3%World Values Survey2018 A strong leader without elections is good survey76.3%World Values Survey2018

Participation

Has signed a petition or joined a demonstration survey14.0%World Values Survey2018

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey10.4%World Values Survey2018

Employment

Unemployment rate 3.3%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 8.2%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 52.4%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 76.9%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 52.3%World Bank2025

Redistribution

Incomes should be made more equal survey27.6%World Values Survey2018 Work is very important in life survey78.3%World Values Survey2018

Happiness

Very happy or rather happy survey89.3%World Values Survey2018

Safety

Intentional homicides 45.7per 100kWorld Bank2023

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey23.3%World Values Survey2018 Would not want people of another race as neighbours survey6.0%World Values Survey2018

Socially closest countries

Distance is computed on 23 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.