Italy’s coastline is 3.4 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 1,519 m above Italy’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Italy: 43.6% (2024)

Italy has 3.2 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Italy: 58.9 million (2025)

Italy is 2.7 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Italy: 199 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 19 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Italy: 47.5 years (2023)

Women in Ecuador have 0.6 more children on average than in Italy

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Italy: 25.1% (2025)

Italy hosts 2.3 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Italy: 3.4 (2026)

Ecuador and Italy are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Italy: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 20 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025)

Italy produces 3.7 times as much per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Italy: Int$62,803 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Italy (Gini 11.6 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Italy: 34.3 (2023)

3.4% of people in Ecuador live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Italy: 0.9% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Italy: 6.4% (2025)

Ecuador and Italy are practically level

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Italy: 1.9% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Italy: 25.6% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Italy: 69% (2025)

Italy spends 6.7 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Italy: $3,398 (2024)

A baby in Ecuador is 4.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 81% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Italy is 4% higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Italy: 17.9% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Italy: 22.4% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 0.43 points higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Italy: 6.57 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Italy: 8.4 litres (2023)

Italy has 27% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Italy: 71.2 kg (2023)

Italy has 1,132 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023)

Workers in Italy put in 108 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Italy: 1,701 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 1.9 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Italy: 10.8 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · Italy: 0.98 (2024)

Italy has 57 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (62 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Italy: 62 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Italy: 829 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Italy: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Ecuador is 6% faster than in Italy

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Italy: 274 Mbps (2026)

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

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

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Italy: 70% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

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

Italy’s railway network is 18 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Italy: 17,305 km (2021)

Airlines from Italy fly 38% more passengers per resident than those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Italy: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 32% of Italy

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Italy: 31.8% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Italy: 5.1 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Italy: 48.8% (2025)

The air in Ecuador carries 16% more fine dust than in Italy

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 80 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Italy

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 3.6 times as deadly as in Italy

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

Ecuador is on average 7.4 °C warmer than Italy

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 3.1 times as much rain as Italy

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg)