Chile’s coastline is 2.9 times as long as Ecuador’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 626 m above Ecuador’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 20% of Ecuador, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 20.3% (2024)

Chile has 9% more people than Ecuador

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025)

Ecuador is 2.8 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 7.6 years older than in Ecuador

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023)

Women in Ecuador have 0.7 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Ecuador: 8.6% (2025)

Ecuador hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

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

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Chile: 1 (2026) · Ecuador: 0 (2026)

Chile and Ecuador are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Ecuador: 1 (2026)

Chile’s economy is 2.7 times the size of Ecuador’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Ecuador: $130 billion (2025)

Chile produces 2.3 times as much per person as Ecuador

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Chile (Gini 2.9 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Ecuador: 45.9 (2025)

3.4% of people in Ecuador live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 3.4% (2025)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Chile: 9% (2025) · Ecuador: 3.3% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Ecuador: 2.1% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Ecuador: 13.1% (2022)

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

Chile: 48% (2025) · Ecuador: 43% (2025)

Chile spends 3.5 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Ecuador: $509 (2023)

A baby in Ecuador is 88% more likely to die before turning one than in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 44% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Chile has 47% more hospital beds per person than Ecuador

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Chile is 65% higher than in Ecuador

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 29% in Ecuador

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Ecuador: 28.7% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Ecuador: 10.1% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 0.16 points higher than in Ecuador

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Ecuador: 6.14 (2025)

Adults in Chile drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023)

Chile has 75% more meat per person than Ecuador

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023)

Chile has 437 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 356 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 2.3 years longer than in Ecuador

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Ecuador: 9 years (2023)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Ecuador: no data

Chile has 2 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (7 against 5)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Ecuador: 5 (2026)

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Chile: 96% (2024) · Ecuador: 77% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 46% faster than in Ecuador

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Chile have electricity, versus 99% in Ecuador

Chile: 99% (2024) · Ecuador: 98.5% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Chile: 89% (2025) · Ecuador: 63% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Chile: 133 (2024) · Ecuador: 102 (2024)

Chile’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Ecuador’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Ecuador: 965 km (2022)

Airlines from Chile fly 4.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Ecuador: 0.25 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Ecuador: 49.7% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 57% more CO₂ than someone in Ecuador

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 66% in Chile

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Ecuador: 79.4% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 31% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7.2 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Chile

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 89% deadlier than in Chile

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

Ecuador is on average 11.8 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 2.2 times as much rain as Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg)