Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.692 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Ecuador, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.692 for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
The figure is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.906 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.437, in 1963.
Ecuador ranks 98th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.541 | — |
| 1947 | 0.55 | +1.7% |
| 1948 | 0.609 | +10.7% |
| 1949 | 0.638 | +4.8% |
| 1950 | 0.638 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.638 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.627 | -1.7% |
| 1953 | 0.624 | -0.5% |
| 1954 | 0.624 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.624 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.624 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.632 | +1.3% |
| 1958 | 0.632 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.632 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.595 | -5.9% |
| 1961 | 0.602 | +1.2% |
| 1962 | 0.592 | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 0.437 | -26.2% |
| 1964 | 0.459 | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 0.464 | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 0.489 | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 0.577 | +18.0% |
| 1968 | 0.591 | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.617 | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 0.615 | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.611 | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.568 | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 0.495 | -12.9% |
| 1974 | 0.512 | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.512 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.512 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.522 | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.568 | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 0.737 | +29.8% |
| 1980 | 0.804 | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 0.799 | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.808 | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.815 | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.666 | -18.3% |
| 1985 | 0.654 | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.675 | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.675 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.764 | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 0.855 | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 0.855 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.855 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.855 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.853 | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.849 | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.849 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.849 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.849 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.855 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.855 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.86 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.86 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.861 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.861 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.861 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.861 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.866 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.882 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.865 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.855 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.832 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.827 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.829 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.799 | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 0.798 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.802 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.806 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.852 | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 0.906 | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.891 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.902 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.892 | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.889 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.816 | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 0.756 | -7.4% |
| 2025 | 0.692 | -8.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.692 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7345, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.692 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 84% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +29.8% | 0.568 | 0.737 |
| 1963 | -26.2% | 0.592 | 0.437 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.5845 | 0.541 | 0.638 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.6295 | 0.624 | 0.638 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.5423 | 0.437 | 0.617 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5652 | 0.495 | 0.737 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7515 | 0.654 | 0.855 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8524 | 0.849 | 0.855 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8632 | 0.855 | 0.882 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8342 | 0.798 | 0.906 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8245 | 0.692 | 0.902 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More economy & growth data for Ecuador
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.54 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.51 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -72.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.2802 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -74.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.2046 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 12.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0828 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Ecuador?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Ecuador was 0.692 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.906 in 2018.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.437 in 1963.
- How does Ecuador rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 98th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.