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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Israel fits inside Ecuador 12 times

Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Israel: 22,070 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ecuador’s coastline is 8.2 times as long as Israel’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 4,031 m above Israel’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 24% of Israel, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ecuador has 81% more people than Israel

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Israel is 6.4 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Israel are 8.7 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Israel: 176 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Israel are 7.0 cm taller than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Israel: 162.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Israel is 0.74 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Israel have 1.1 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

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

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ecuador hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

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

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Israel has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Israel: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Israel’s economy is 4.7 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Israel produces 3.6 times as much per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Israel (Gini 7.6 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

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

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Israel and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Ecuador 2.1%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Israel spends 7.7 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Israel live 5.6 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Israel: 83.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ecuador is 4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Israel has 64% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Israel has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Israel is 25% higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Israel rate their lives 1.04 points higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Israel drink 30% more alcohol than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Israel has 93% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Israel has 1,133 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Israel put in 296 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Israel went to school 4.6 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ecuador: no data · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Israel has 4 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (9 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Israel has won 20 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Israel is 35% faster than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

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

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

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Israel’s railway network is 78% longer than Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Israel fly 2.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 6.8% of Israel

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Israel emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Israel carries 15% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 28 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Israel

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ecuador are 4.5 times as deadly as in Israel

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ecuador is on average 0.1 °C warmer than Israel

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ecuador gets 16 times as much rain as Israel

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Ecuador bigger than Israel?

Ecuador is larger. Israel fits inside Ecuador 12 times.

Which has more people, Ecuador or Israel?

Ecuador has 81% more people than Israel (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Israel?

People in Israel live 5.6 years longer than in Ecuador. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 83.2 in Israel.

Are people taller in Ecuador or Israel?

Men in Israel are 8.7 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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