Ecuador’s coastline is 3.9 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 5,207 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 20% of Ecuador

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Ecuador: 20.3% (2024)

Bangladesh has 9.6 times as many people as Ecuador

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 18 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ecuador is 3.1 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023)

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

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024)

8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Ecuador: 8.6% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 4.6 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Ecuador: 0 (2026)

Bangladesh and Ecuador are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Ecuador: 1 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Ecuador’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Ecuador: $130 billion (2025)

Ecuador produces 65% more per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Bangladesh (Gini 15 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Ecuador: 45.9 (2025)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.4% in Ecuador

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Ecuador: 3.4% (2025)

Bangladesh and Ecuador are practically level

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Ecuador: 3.3% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Ecuador: 2.1% (2025)

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Ecuador: 13.1% (2022)

Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Ecuador: 43% (2025)

Ecuador spends 9.5 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Ecuador: $509 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ecuador

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Ecuador has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Ecuador has 43% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ecuador is 22% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Ecuador: 28.7% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Ecuador: 10.1% (2024)

People in Ecuador rate their lives 1.83 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Ecuador: 6.14 (2025)

Adults in Ecuador drink 1,104 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023)

Ecuador has 13 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023)

Ecuador has 33 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 789 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023)

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

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Ecuador: 9 years (2023)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Ecuador: no data

Ecuador has 2 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (5 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Ecuador: 5 (2026)

Ecuador has won 10 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition)

77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Ecuador: 77% (2024)

Home internet in Ecuador is 3.4 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 99% in Ecuador

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Ecuador: 98.5% (2024)

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Ecuador: 63% (2025)

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Ecuador: 102 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 3 times as long as Ecuador’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Ecuador: 965 km (2022)

Airlines from Ecuador fly 6.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Ecuador: 0.25 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 49.7% (2024)

The average person in Ecuador emits 4.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Ecuador: 79.4% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Ecuador

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 20 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 12% deadlier than in Ecuador

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 4.5 °C warmer than Ecuador

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 53% more rain than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg)