Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Ecuador
Ecuador: Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS 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 59th out of 197 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 … UIS 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% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 15.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13.2%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 15.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13.4%, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +165.7% | 5.0% | 13.2% |
| 2025 | +59.8% | 9.7% | 15.5% |
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
More education data for Ecuador
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 93,535 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 5,078 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 288,731 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 291,075 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0951 units per person (2024)
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 59th out of 197 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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