Ecuador vs Panama: Palma ratio

Ecuador
2.57
in 2025
Panama
3.23
in 2024
Ecuador rank
9th
Panama rank
6th

Palma ratio over time

  • Ecuador
  • Panama
0246197920022025

How they compare

Panama currently reports 3.23 against 2.57 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.6574.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.3 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 9th and Panama ranks 6th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Palma ratio
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed

The Palma ratio is a measure of inequality that divides the share received by the richest 10% by the share of the poorest 40%. Higher values indicate higher inequality.