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Ecuador – Dependency Ratio

Name: Ecuador Dependency Ratio
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank

48.81 −0.66 from 2023 G20 rank: 58th · all-time high: 95.20 (1963)

APA

Ecuador Dependency Ratio. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/ecuador/dependency-ratio

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_ecuador_dependency-ratio,
  title = {Ecuador Dependency Ratio},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/ecuador/dependency-ratio},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	46.87	–	–
2026* trend	47.52	–	–
2025* trend	48.16	–	–
2024	48.81	−0.66	58th
2023	49.47	−0.60	62nd
2022	50.08	−0.63	64th
2021	50.71	−0.70	71st
2020	51.41	−0.72	81st
2019	52.13	−0.76	86th
2018	52.90	−0.84	98th
2017	53.74	−0.89	109th
2016	54.63	−0.87	118th
2015	55.49	−0.80	124th
2014	56.29	−0.77	130th
2013	57.06	−0.73	134th
2012	57.79	−0.70	135th
2011	58.49	−0.69	136th
2010	59.17	−0.67	137th
2009	59.84	−0.70	136th
2008	60.55	−0.81	137th
2007	61.36	−0.88	138th
2006	62.24	−0.87	138th
2005	63.11	−0.83	138th
2004	63.94	−0.79	138th
2003	64.73	−0.74	135th
2002	65.47	−0.73	131st
2001	66.20	−0.73	128th
2000	66.93	−0.75	128th
1999	67.68	−0.73	127th
1998	68.41	−0.66	127th
1997	69.07	−0.60	122nd
1996	69.67	−0.60	122nd
1995	70.26	−0.61	121st
1994	70.88	−0.62	120th
1993	71.49	−0.65	118th
1992	72.15	−0.69	117th
1991	72.84	−0.78	117th
1990	73.63	−0.94	119th
1989	74.57	−1.08	119th
1988	75.65	−1.21	121st
1987	76.85	−1.26	123rd
1986	78.11	−1.26	125th
1985	79.37	−1.23	126th
1984	80.61	−1.23	129th
1983	81.83	−1.22	130th
1982	83.05	−1.18	130th
1981	84.23	−1.13	132nd
1980	85.37	−1.08	132nd
1979	86.45	−1.00	137th
1978	87.45	−0.93	136th
1977	88.38	−0.86	138th
1976	89.24	−0.81	137th
1975	90.05	−0.74	142nd
1974	90.79	−0.67	142nd
1973	91.45	−0.60	143rd
1972	92.05	−0.53	146th
1971	92.58	−0.45	147th
1970	93.03	−0.40	149th
1969	93.43	−0.36	151st
1968	93.79	−0.32	151st
1967	94.11	−0.29	154th
1966	94.40	−0.27	156th
1965	94.67	−0.31	158th
1964	94.98	−0.22	160th
1963	95.20	+0.12	163rd
1962	95.08	+0.41	165th
1961	94.67	+0.51	168th
1960	94.16	–	172nd

Show all years (1960–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +10.9% GDP growth 9.4% C/A balance 2.8%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Ecuador matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2021. Historically, 67% of countries showing this pattern (460 out of 682) saw dependency ratio improve within 24 months. View full analysis →