Ecuador, year by year

Every index this site holds for Ecuador, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.646 in 1990 to 0.777 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 77.6 years2024at birthUp 3.7 years from 73.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 77%2024of people onlineUp 70 points from 7% in 2006
Urban population: 63%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 1 point from 62% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.812024births per womanDown 0.99 from 2.80 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 19%2021of energy usedUp 2 points from 17% in 2004
Access to electricity: 99%2024of people with electricityUp 3 points from 96% in 2005
Infant mortality: 112024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 9 from 20 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 2.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.6 t from 2.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 50%2023of land under forestDown 5 points from 54% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 5 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.646	68.4	—	—	3.68	24.2	—	43	1.7	52.9	—	—
1991	0.649	69.0	—	55.7	3.63	24.2	—	41	1.6	52.5	—	—
1992	0.654	69.5	0.0	56.4	3.58	20.8	—	39	1.7	52.2	—	—
1993	0.660	70.1	0.0	57.0	3.49	21.6	—	37	1.6	51.9	—	—
1994	0.667	70.9	0.0	57.6	3.42	20.9	—	35	1.7	51.5	—	—
1995	0.672	71.3	0.0	58.2	3.38	20.4	90	33	1.8	51.2	—	—
1996	0.677	71.8	0.1	58.8	3.35	19.3	92	31	2.0	50.9	—	—
1997	0.682	72.0	0.1	59.3	3.29	16.6	92	29	2.1	50.6	—	—
1998	0.684	72.0	0.1	59.8	3.23	18.2	93	27	2.0	56.0	—	—
1999	0.682	71.9	0.8	60.3	3.17	19.6	93	26	1.7	55.6	—	—
2000	0.683	72.1	1.5	60.7	3.10	19.4	94	24	1.7	55.3	—	—
2001	0.691	72.6	2.7	61.0	3.04	17.1	94	23	1.9	55.0	—	—
2002	0.698	73.2	4.3	61.3	2.97	17.1	94	22	1.9	54.7	—	—
2003	0.703	73.6	4.5	61.5	2.91	16.6	95	21	1.9	54.4	—	—
2004	0.709	73.9	4.8	61.8	2.85	16.7	95	20	2.0	54.1	—	—
2005	0.714	73.9	6.0	62.0	2.80	16.2	96	20	2.1	53.9	—	—
2006	0.718	74.0	7.2	62.2	2.75	14.2	96	19	2.2	53.6	3244	7885
2007	0.722	74.2	10.8	62.4	2.70	15.9	97	18	2.2	53.3	3479	8112
2008	0.729	74.7	18.8	62.5	2.69	15.3	97	17	2.2	53.0	4195	8663
2009	0.731	74.9	24.6	62.7	2.68	12.9	97	17	2.4	52.7	4053	8662
2010	0.737	75.2	29.0	62.7	2.62	11.8	98	16	2.5	52.5	4520	8969
2011	0.743	75.2	31.4	62.8	2.61	13.2	97	15	2.5	52.3	5154	9769
2012	0.750	75.5	35.1	62.8	2.51	13.2	97	15	2.5	52.1	5634	10245
2013	0.755	75.8	40.3	62.9	2.36	11.8	98	14	2.6	52.0	6109	11296
2014	0.760	76.1	45.6	62.9	2.27	12.2	99	13	2.7	51.8	6406	11836
2015	0.764	76.2	48.9	63.0	2.21	13.1	99	13	2.7	51.6	5976	10878
2016	0.761	76.1	54.1	63.0	2.12	14.8	99	13	2.5	51.4	5918	10881
2017	0.764	76.2	55.8	63.0	2.13	17.0	99	12	2.5	51.1	6233	11793
2018	0.767	77.3	57.5	63.0	2.11	16.3	99	12	2.5	50.8	6304	12187
2019	0.765	77.3	59.2	63.1	2.04	17.7	99	12	2.4	50.6	6205	12543
2020	0.740	72.0	70.7	63.1	1.97	20.2	99	12	2.1	50.3	5464	11527
2021	0.753	72.8	69.1	63.1	1.91	18.9	100	11	2.3	50.1	6061	13507
2022	0.773	76.6	69.7	63.1	1.86	—	100	11	2.5	49.8	6516	15196
2023	0.777	77.4	72.7	63.1	1.82	—	99	11	2.6	49.5	6718	15907
2024	—	77.6	77.2	63.2	1.81	—	99	11	2.6	—	6827	15848
2025	—	—	—	63.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	7125	16757
On the profile	0.777	77.6	77.2	63.4	1.81	18.9	—	—	2.6	49.5	7125	16757

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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