Argentina’s coastline is 2.2 times as long as Ecuador’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 695 m above Ecuador’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 30% of Argentina, versus 20% of Ecuador

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Ecuador: 20.3% (2024)

Argentina has 2.5 times as many people as Ecuador

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025)

Ecuador is 4.4 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Argentina is 3.7 years older than in Ecuador

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023)

Women in Ecuador have 0.3 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024)

13% of people in Argentina are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Ecuador: 8.6% (2025)

Ecuador hosts 13 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Argentina has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Ecuador: 0 (2026)

Argentina has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Ecuador: 1 (2026)

Argentina’s economy is 5.2 times the size of Ecuador’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Ecuador: $130 billion (2025)

Argentina produces 94% more per person than Ecuador

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Argentina (Gini 3.5 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Ecuador: 45.9 (2025)

3.4% of people in Ecuador live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Ecuador: 3.4% (2025)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Ecuador: 3.3% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Ecuador: 2.1% (2025)

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 13.1% (2022)

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ecuador’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Ecuador: 43% (2025)

Argentina spends 2.9 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Ecuador: $509 (2023)

A baby in Ecuador is 36% more likely to die before turning one than in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Argentina has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Ecuador

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Argentina has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Argentina is 2 times that in Ecuador

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 29% in Ecuador

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Ecuador: 28.7% (2024)

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Ecuador: 10.1% (2024)

People in Argentina rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Ecuador

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Ecuador: 6.14 (2025)

Adults in Argentina drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023)

Argentina has 2 times as much meat per person as Ecuador

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023)

Argentina has 740 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023)

Workers in Argentina put in 18 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023)

Adults in Argentina went to school 2.2 years longer than in Ecuador

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Ecuador: 9 years (2023)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Ecuador: no data

Argentina has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (12 against 5)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Ecuador: 5 (2026)

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Ecuador: 77% (2024)

Home internet in Ecuador is 51% faster than in Argentina

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026)

Ecuador and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 98.5% (2024)

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Ecuador: 63% (2025)

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Ecuador: 102 (2024)

Argentina’s railway network is 19 times as long as Ecuador’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Ecuador: 965 km (2022)

Airlines from Argentina fly 84% more passengers per resident than those from Ecuador

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Ecuador: 0.25 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Ecuador: 49.7% (2024)

The average person in Argentina emits 48% more CO₂ than someone in Ecuador

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Ecuador: 79.4% (2025)

The air in Ecuador carries 22% more fine dust than in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 10 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 89% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023)

Ecuador is on average 6.1 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 4.8 times as much rain as Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg)