Brazil vs Ecuador: Augmented Human Development Index

Brazil

0.4536

in 2020

Ecuador

0.4459

in 2020

Brazil rank

68th

Ecuador rank

71st

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Brazil
Ecuador

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.4536 against 0.4459 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0077.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 68th and Ecuador ranks 71st of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Brazil
Augmented Human Development Index in Ecuador
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.