Ecuador’s coastline is 25% longer than Portugal’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 3,916 m above Portugal’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Ecuador has 69% more people than Portugal

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 60% more densely populated than Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 18 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Ecuador have 0.4 more children on average than in Portugal

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

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

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 4.5 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Ecuador and Portugal are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Portugal’s economy is 2.7 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 3.2 times as much per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Portugal (Gini 12 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

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

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

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Ecuador and Portugal are practically level

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 5.8 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

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

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

Portugal has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

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

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

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

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Ecuador rate their lives 0.12 points higher than in Portugal

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 4.3 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 77% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 932 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 141 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Portugal went to school 0.73 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 12 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (17 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Portugal is 14% faster than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

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

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

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 6.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 37% of Portugal

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Portugal emits 34% more CO₂ than someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 79% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Ecuador carries 69% more fine dust than in Portugal

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 64 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Portugal

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ecuador are 2.8 times as deadly as in Portugal

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Ecuador is on average 5.4 °C warmer than Portugal

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 4.1 times as much rain as Portugal

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)