Ecuador’s coastline is 54% longer than Ireland’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 5,226 m above Ireland’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

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

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

Ecuador has 3.3 times as many people as Ireland

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Ireland is 8% more densely populated than Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 10 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

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

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

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 5.5 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 9.3 times as much per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Ireland (Gini 16.9 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

3.4% of people in Ecuador live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

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

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 15 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Ecuador is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 68% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 31% higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 29% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.78 points higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 75% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,300 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 60 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 2.8 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

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

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 4% faster than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

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

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Ireland has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Ireland’s railway network is 71% longer than Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 141 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 12% of Ireland

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 2.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Ecuador carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 70 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Ireland

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 5.9 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Ecuador is on average 11.0 °C warmer than Ireland

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 2.8 times as much rain as Ireland

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)