Ecuador’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Kenya’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 1,068 m above Kenya’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Kenya has 3.1 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Kenya is 34% more densely populated than Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ecuador is 8.9 years older than in Kenya

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.4 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 7.4 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Kenya has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Ecuador 1

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Kenya’s economy is 4% larger than Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Ecuador produces 2.4 times as much per person as Kenya

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Kenya (Gini 7.4 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.4% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Kenya’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Ecuador spends 6 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

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

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Ecuador has 8 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Kenya and Ecuador are nearly identical here

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 3.5 times that in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

10% of adults in Ecuador smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Ecuador rate their lives 1.47 points higher than in Kenya

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Ecuador drink 43% more alcohol than in Kenya

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Ecuador has 5.5 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Ecuador has 475 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 441 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Ecuador went to school 0.35 years longer than in Kenya

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Kenya has 3 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (8 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Ecuador is 7 times as fast as in Kenya

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Ecuador have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 4 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Ecuador fly 2.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Ecuador emits 6.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 79% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 24% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 9.4 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Kenya

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 80% deadlier than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 4.4 °C warmer than Ecuador

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 4.6 times as much rain as Kenya

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)