Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Ecuador
Ecuador: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 15.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Ecuador, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of total government spending on essential services in Ecuador is 15.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 59.8% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Ecuador peaked at 15.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 2000.
That places Ecuador 49th out of 170 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.0% | — |
| 2009 | 13.2% | +165.7% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 12.0% | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 10.5% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 10.6% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 9.3% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 9.7% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 9.7% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 15.5% | +59.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 5.0% | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 10.5% | 13.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 10.8% | 9.3% | 15.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 46 Saudi Arabia 15.6% compare
- 47 Uruguay 15.6% compare
- 48 Algeria 15.5% compare
- 50 Switzerland 15.4% compare
- 51 Sweden 15.3% compare
- 52 Philippines 15.2% compare
More education data for Ecuador
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 77,432 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.25 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Ecuador?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Ecuador was 15.5% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 15.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Ecuador ranks 49th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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