Denmark’s coastline is 3.3 times as long as Ecuador’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 6,096 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 20% of Ecuador

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Ecuador: 20.3% (2024)

Ecuador has 3 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025)

Denmark is 2 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Denmark is 13 years older than in Ecuador

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023)

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

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Ecuador: 8.6% (2025)

Denmark hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Ecuador: 0 (2026)

Denmark and Ecuador are practically level

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Ecuador: 1 (2026)

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

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Ecuador: $130 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 5 times as much per person as Ecuador

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Denmark (Gini 16 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Ecuador: 45.9 (2025)

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

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Ecuador: 3.4% (2025)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Ecuador: 3.3% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Ecuador 2.1%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Ecuador: 2.1% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Ecuador: 13.1% (2022)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Ecuador’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Ecuador: 43% (2025)

Denmark spends 13 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Ecuador: $509 (2023)

A baby in Ecuador is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 94% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Denmark has 84% more hospital beds per person than Ecuador

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Denmark is 56% higher than in Ecuador

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Ecuador: 28.7% (2024)

16% of adults in Denmark smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Ecuador: 10.1% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 1.39 points higher than in Ecuador

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Ecuador: 6.14 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 3 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023)

Denmark has 80% more meat per person than Ecuador

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023)

Denmark has 1,113 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ecuador put in 214 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 4.1 years longer than in Ecuador

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Ecuador: 9 years (2023)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Ecuador: no data

Denmark has 8 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (13 against 5)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Ecuador: 5 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Ecuador: 77% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 8% faster than in Ecuador

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026)

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

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Ecuador: 98.5% (2024)

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

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

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Ecuador: 102 (2024)

Denmark’s railway network is 2.8 times as long as Ecuador’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Ecuador: 965 km (2022)

Denmark: no data · Ecuador: 0.25 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Ecuador: 49.7% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 87% more CO₂ than someone in Ecuador

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 79% in Ecuador

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Ecuador: 79.4% (2025)

The air in Ecuador carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 54 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Denmark

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 7.3 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023)

Ecuador is on average 11.7 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 3.8 times as much rain as Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg)