Ecuador vs El Salvador: Prosperity gap
Ecuador
3.07
in 2025
El Salvador
3.55
in 2023
Ecuador rank
50th
El Salvador rank
48th
Prosperity gap over time
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 3.55 against 3.07 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.48.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1999 it was El Salvador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 50th and El Salvador ranks 48th of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.99 | 11.08 | 1.09 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 6.54 | 6.44 | 0.0987 | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 3.52 | 4.14 | 0.6179 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 3.33 | 3.74 | 0.4103 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prosperity gap, Ecuador or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 3.55 against 3.07 in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in prosperity gap between Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 0.48, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for prosperity gap?
- Ecuador ranks 50th and El Salvador ranks 48th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Prosperity gap. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.