Unemployment rate,Percent in Ecuador
Ecuador: Unemployment rate,Percent was 3.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
3.6%
Change on year
down 3.7%
World rank
55th
of 71 countries
All-time high
8.3%
in 2020
All-time low
3.6%
in 2025
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Unemployment rate,Percent in Ecuador, 2008–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 3.6% for unemployment rate,percent in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Ecuador peaked at 8.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2025.
That places Ecuador 55th out of 71 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.5% | 6.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.8% | 3.6% | 8.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More reference data data for Ecuador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1826 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9943 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Ecuador?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Ecuador was 3.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Ecuador ranks 55th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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