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Ecuador vs Latvia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ecuador has a population of 18.1M (ranked 71/197), compared with 1.86M in Latvia (ranked 149/197). Ecuador's land area is 95,892 sq mi versus 24,027 sq mi for Latvia (ranked 76th vs. 121st).

By GDP, Ecuador ranks 63/197 ($125B) and Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B). By GDP per capita, Ecuador ranks 105/197 ($6,875), while Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368).

Main facts and rankings

Ecuador Latvia
Population
18414090
1844219
Population rank 71/197 149/197
GDP
$125B
2024
$43.5B
2024
GDP rank 63/197 100/197
GDP per capita
$6,875
2024
$23,368
2024
GDP per capita rank 105/197 53/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$15,840
2024
$43,867
2024
Government debt
$68.6B
2024
$20.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.1%
2025
48.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,784
2024
$11,068
2024
Government debt per person rank 93/185 52/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,020
2025
$15,995
2025
Land area
95,892 sq mi
2025
24,027 sq mi
2025
Population density
189.1 ppl/mi²
2024
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.82
2023
1.36
2023
Median age
29.8 years
2024
44.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
76.5 years
2025

Ecuador and Latvia: Comparison Charts

Ecuador and Latvia economies compared

GDP
Ecuador

Latvia
Year GDP
Ecuador Latvia
1960 $2,069,464,937 -
1961 $1,753,850,955 -
1962 $1,518,207,703 -
1963 $1,824,343,871 -
1964 $2,244,146,103 -
1965 $2,387,047,396 -
1966 $2,429,308,639 -
1967 $2,553,595,172 -
1968 $2,582,179,864 -
1969 $3,112,165,727 -
1970 $2,862,503,139 -
1971 $2,754,219,271 -
1972 $3,185,986,087 -
1973 $3,891,754,150 -
1974 $6,599,257,044 -
1975 $7,731,674,472 -
1976 $9,091,921,030 -
1977 $11,026,342,618 -
1978 $11,922,497,876 -
1979 $14,175,160,902 -
1980 $17,881,508,242 -
1981 $21,810,759,354 -
1982 $19,929,846,396 -
1983 $17,152,477,037 -
1984 $16,912,509,092 -
1985 $17,149,088,413 -
1986 $15,314,138,472 -
1987 $13,945,426,859 -
1988 $13,051,881,851 -
1989 $13,890,823,705 -
1990 $15,239,272,612 -
1991 $16,988,535,268 -
1992 $18,094,238,119 -
1993 $18,938,717,359 -
1994 $22,708,673,337 -
1995 $24,432,884,442 $5,608,208,785
1996 $25,226,393,197 $5,799,465,288
1997 $28,162,053,027 $6,349,481,007
1998 $27,981,896,948 $6,974,112,951
1999 $19,645,272,636 $7,324,192,890
2000 $17,539,454,727 $7,761,252,607
2001 $23,127,055,000 $8,190,888,740
2002 $27,054,197,000 $9,249,030,241
2003 $30,965,208,000 $11,244,337,720
2004 $35,194,947,000 $13,827,070,379
2005 $40,278,849,000 $16,306,935,905
2006 $45,690,762,000 $20,434,922,247
2007 $49,848,725,000 $29,420,499,248
2008 $61,139,438,000 $34,135,200,994
2009 $60,094,978,000 $25,691,530,442
2010 $68,151,329,000 $23,468,324,572
2011 $78,986,648,000 $26,575,547,901
2012 $87,735,048,000 $27,116,149,949
2013 $96,570,334,000 $29,152,128,168
2014 $102,717,794,000 $30,277,203,767
2015 $97,209,558,000 $26,344,565,877
2016 $97,671,433,000 $27,117,105,060
2017 $104,467,486,000 $29,391,059,767
2018 $107,478,961,000 $33,247,935,477
2019 $107,595,830,000 $33,099,503,951
2020 $95,865,473,000 $33,379,927,435
2021 $107,179,074,000 $38,183,326,785
2022 $116,133,121,000 $38,014,713,596
2023 $121,147,057,000 $42,572,151,720
2024 $124,676,074,700 $43,520,773,851

Ecuador and Latvia economies compared

GDP per capita
Ecuador

Latvia
Year GDP per capita
Ecuador Latvia
1960 $451 -
1961 $371 -
1962 $312 -
1963 $365 -
1964 $436 -
1965 $450 -
1966 $445 -
1967 $454 -
1968 $445 -
1969 $521 -
1970 $465 -
1971 $434 -
1972 $488 -
1973 $579 -
1974 $954 -
1975 $1,086 -
1976 $1,242 -
1977 $1,465 -
1978 $1,541 -
1979 $1,783 -
1980 $2,190 -
1981 $2,601 -
1982 $2,314 -
1983 $1,940 -
1984 $1,864 -
1985 $1,842 -
1986 $1,604 -
1987 $1,426 -
1988 $1,304 -
1989 $1,356 -
1990 $1,455 -
1991 $1,587 -
1992 $1,655 -
1993 $1,698 -
1994 $1,997 -
1995 $2,108 $2,257
1996 $2,136 $2,360
1997 $2,341 $2,610
1998 $2,284 $2,894
1999 $1,575 $3,064
2000 $1,382 $3,278
2001 $1,791 $3,505
2002 $2,059 $4,004
2003 $2,316 $4,915
2004 $2,586 $6,110
2005 $2,909 $7,284
2006 $3,244 $9,212
2007 $3,479 $13,371
2008 $4,195 $15,678
2009 $4,053 $11,996
2010 $4,520 $11,188
2011 $5,154 $12,903
2012 $5,634 $13,329
2013 $6,109 $14,484
2014 $6,406 $15,186
2015 $5,976 $13,322
2016 $5,918 $13,839
2017 $6,233 $15,132
2018 $6,304 $17,252
2019 $6,205 $17,295
2020 $5,464 $17,564
2021 $6,061 $20,262
2022 $6,516 $20,227
2023 $6,738 $22,676
2024 $6,875 $23,368

Ecuador vs. Latvia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ecuador

Latvia
Year Life expectancy, years
Ecuador Latvia
1950 48.4 64.6
1951 48.9 65.2
1952 49.2 65.7
1953 49.6 66.2
1954 50 66.7
1955 50.4 67.1
1956 50.9 67.6
1957 51.5 68.3
1958 52.1 68.9
1959 52.7 69.5
1960 53.4 70.3
1961 54.1 70.5
1962 54.7 69.9
1963 55.3 70.3
1964 56 71.5
1965 56.5 71.2
1966 57 71.2
1967 57.5 70.9
1968 57.9 70.5
1969 58.3 70.2
1970 58.8 70.2
1971 59.3 70.6
1972 59.8 70.3
1973 60.3 70.2
1974 60.7 70.1
1975 61.1 69.3
1976 61.4 69.4
1977 61.9 69.4
1978 62.4 69.3
1979 62.9 68.8
1980 63.3 69.1
1981 63.8 69.1
1982 64.3 69.6
1983 64.7 69.4
1984 65.2 69.4
1985 65.6 69.6
1986 66.1 71
1987 66.6 71
1988 67 70.9
1989 67.8 70.4
1990 68.4 69.5
1991 69 69.2
1992 69.5 68.5
1993 70.1 66.6
1994 70.9 65.2
1995 71.3 66
1996 71.8 68.6
1997 72 69.2
1998 71.9 68.9
1999 71.9 69.6
2000 72.1 70.2
2001 72.6 69.9
2002 73.2 70.2
2003 73.6 70.6
2004 73.9 70.9
2005 73.9 70.6
2006 74 70.6
2007 74.2 70.8
2008 74.7 72
2009 74.9 72.7
2010 75.2 73
2011 75.2 73.7
2012 75.5 73.9
2013 75.8 74.2
2014 76.1 74.3
2015 76.2 74.7
2016 76.1 74.8
2017 76.2 74.8
2018 77.2 75
2019 77.3 75.6
2020 72 75.5
2021 72.7 73.2
2022 76.6 74.9
2023 77.4 76.2
2024 77.6 76.3
2025 77.8 76.5

Ecuador and Latvia population clocks and comparison

Population
Ecuador

Latvia
Year Population
Ecuador Latvia
1960 4,590,891 2,120,979
1961 4,722,331 2,152,681
1962 4,859,269 2,181,586
1963 5,001,716 2,210,919
1964 5,149,918 2,240,623
1965 5,303,963 2,265,919
1966 5,463,748 2,283,217
1967 5,629,057 2,301,220
1968 5,799,680 2,323,619
1969 5,975,236 2,343,173
1970 6,155,387 2,359,164
1971 6,340,052 2,376,389
1972 6,529,034 2,395,674
1973 6,722,033 2,415,819
1974 6,918,573 2,437,186
1975 7,118,251 2,456,130
1976 7,320,912 2,470,989
1977 7,526,819 2,485,073
1978 7,736,167 2,497,921
1979 7,948,869 2,505,953
1980 8,165,877 2,511,701
1981 8,386,910 2,519,421
1982 8,611,298 2,531,080
1983 8,840,417 2,546,011
1984 9,074,782 2,562,047
1985 9,311,154 2,578,873
1986 9,545,998 2,599,892
1987 9,779,290 2,626,583
1988 10,010,808 2,653,434
1989 10,241,852 2,666,955
1990 10,473,673 2,663,151
1991 10,702,380 2,650,581
1992 10,930,128 2,614,338
1993 11,154,274 2,563,290
1994 11,372,197 2,520,742
1995 11,590,514 2,485,056
1996 11,810,950 2,457,222
1997 12,031,127 2,432,851
1998 12,251,184 2,410,019
1999 12,470,795 2,390,482
2000 12,689,206 2,367,550
2001 12,910,740 2,337,170
2002 13,138,472 2,310,173
2003 13,372,306 2,287,955
2004 13,608,701 2,263,122
2005 13,846,163 2,238,799
2006 14,086,131 2,218,357
2007 14,328,773 2,200,325
2008 14,575,202 2,177,322
2009 14,825,954 2,141,669
2010 15,076,695 2,097,555
2011 15,326,227 2,059,709
2012 15,572,194 2,034,319
2013 15,807,128 2,012,647
2014 16,035,124 1,993,782
2015 16,266,225 1,977,527
2016 16,505,139 1,959,537
2017 16,759,519 1,942,248
2018 17,049,547 1,927,174
2019 17,340,021 1,913,822
2020 17,546,065 1,900,449
2021 17,682,454 1,884,490
2022 17,823,897 1,879,383
2023 17,980,083 1,877,445
2024 18,135,478 1,862,441

Fertility rates in Ecuador and Latvia

Fertility rate
Ecuador

Latvia
Year Fertility rate
Ecuador Latvia
1960 6.72 1.94
1961 6.7 1.94
1962 6.68 1.91
1963 6.65 1.85
1964 6.61 1.79
1965 6.56 1.74
1966 6.51 1.76
1967 6.44 1.8
1968 6.35 1.83
1969 6.25 1.88
1970 6.14 1.96
1971 6.01 2
1972 5.87 2
1973 5.73 1.98
1974 5.58 1.97
1975 5.43 1.96
1976 5.28 1.93
1977 5.13 1.89
1978 4.99 1.87
1979 4.86 1.87
1980 4.73 1.86
1981 4.61 1.88
1982 4.5 1.97
1983 4.39 2.07
1984 4.31 2.09
1985 4.14 2.08
1986 4 2.12
1987 3.87 2.15
1988 3.79 2.11
1989 3.74 2.05
1990 3.68 2.02
1991 3.63 1.86
1992 3.58 1.73
1993 3.49 1.51
1994 3.42 1.39
1995 3.38 1.25
1996 3.35 1.16
1997 3.29 1.11
1998 3.23 1.09
1999 3.17 1.16
2000 3.1 1.25
2001 3.04 1.22
2002 2.97 1.26
2003 2.91 1.32
2004 2.85 1.29
2005 2.8 1.39
2006 2.75 1.46
2007 2.7 1.54
2008 2.69 1.58
2009 2.68 1.46
2010 2.62 1.36
2011 2.61 1.33
2012 2.51 1.44
2013 2.36 1.52
2014 2.27 1.65
2015 2.21 1.7
2016 2.12 1.74
2017 2.13 1.69
2018 2.11 1.6
2019 2.04 1.61
2020 1.97 1.55
2021 1.91 1.57
2022 1.86 1.47
2023 1.82 1.36

Ecuador and Latvia demographics compared

Median age
Ecuador

Latvia
Year Median age, years
Ecuador Latvia
1960 18.2 32.3
1961 18 32.4
1962 17.9 32.6
1963 17.8 32.8
1964 17.8 33
1965 17.7 33.2
1966 17.7 33.5
1967 17.7 33.8
1968 17.7 34
1969 17.7 34.1
1970 17.7 34.2
1971 17.8 34.3
1972 17.8 34.5
1973 17.9 34.6
1974 17.9 34.7
1975 18 34.9
1976 18.1 35
1977 18.2 35.1
1978 18.3 35.1
1979 18.4 35.1
1980 18.5 34.9
1981 18.6 34.8
1982 18.8 34.7
1983 18.9 34.6
1984 19.1 34.7
1985 19.2 34.7
1986 19.4 34.7
1987 19.6 34.6
1988 19.8 34.6
1989 20 34.5
1990 20.2 34.6
1991 20.4 34.8
1992 20.6 35.2
1993 20.8 35.6
1994 21 36
1995 21.2 36.2
1996 21.4 36.6
1997 21.6 36.9
1998 21.8 37.3
1999 22 37.6
2000 22.2 37.9
2001 22.4 38.3
2002 22.7 38.6
2003 22.9 38.9
2004 23.2 39.2
2005 23.4 39.4
2006 23.7 39.7
2007 24 39.9
2008 24.2 40.1
2009 24.5 40.5
2010 24.8 41.1
2011 25.1 41.6
2012 25.4 42
2013 25.7 42.3
2014 26 42.5
2015 26.4 42.8
2016 26.8 43
2017 27.2 43.2
2018 27.5 43.4
2019 27.9 43.6
2020 28.3 43.8
2021 28.6 43.9
2022 29 44
2023 29.4 44.1
2024 29.8 44.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ecuador Latvia
GNI, Atlas method
$117B
2024
$40.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
37.8%
2025
44.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.89%
2023
4.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.3%
2023
2.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
42,000
2020
9,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.95%
2025
-3.63%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.45%
2024
6.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
57.2%
2024
63.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26.5%
2024
19.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
55.8
2025
71.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
33.4%
2024
26.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.5%
2024
2.6%
2023
Listed domestic companies
26
2000
56
2003
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$747M
2000
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$6.91B
2024
$5.14B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.54B
2024
$1.34B
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,108,000
2019
3,204,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.12%
2020
7.25%
2007
Banked people share
64.5%
2024
95%
2024

Energy

Ecuador Latvia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
905 kg
2022
2,248 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.8
2022
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
45.3 megatons
2023
6.55 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.52 tons
2023
3.49 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
84%
2022
47.8%
2023
Renewable energy use share
18.9%
2021
44%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
13.2%
2022
8.79%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-69.4%
2022
34.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
1,589 kWh
2022
3,629 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
80.9%
2021
63.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
74.6%
2022
59.4%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.7%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Ecuador Latvia
% of world population
0.22%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-19,704
2024
-2,225
2024
Urban population
65%
2024
68.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.49 ft
2025
5.94 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
36.7
2025
74.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
32
2024
59
2024
Higher education index
49
2025
70
2025
Homicides per 100K people
45.7
2023
2.5
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
20.1
2019
8.1
2019
Visa free countries
104
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.3%
2022
99.9%
2021
English speaking
1.24%
2023
45.9%
2023
People using the Internet
77.2%
2024
92.7%
2024

Health

Ecuador Latvia
Government health expenditure per capita
$493
2022
$1,642
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$160
2022
$505
2022
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
76.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.32%
2022
0.18%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.31
2020
3.38
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
28 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
55
2023
19
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.1
2023
3
2023
Obesity rate
28.3%
2022
24.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.9%
2024
7.1%
2024
Air quality index
67
2025
75
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
10.2%
2022
33.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.54 liters
2020
12.9 liters
2020

Territory

Ecuador Latvia
% of world land
0.17%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
5,288 sq mi
2024
12,901 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
20,656 sq mi
2025
7,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,510 sq mi
2025
13,214 sq mi
2025
Roads length
26,853 mi
2015
n/a

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