Russia’s coastline is 17 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 625 m above Russia’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 20% of Ecuador, versus 13% of Russia

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 7.8 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Ecuador is 8.4 times as densely populated as Russia

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 11 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Ecuador hosts 18 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

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

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Ecuador and Russia are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

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

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 3 times as much per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Russia (Gini 12.9 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Russia: 33 (2023)

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

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

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ecuador, versus 2.1% in Russia

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Ecuador 2.1%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Russia’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 2 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Ecuador is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 5.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 3.6 times that in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Ecuador rate their lives 0.31 points higher than in Russia

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

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

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 51% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 907 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 493 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 3.4 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Russia has 28 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (33 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

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

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

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 89 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

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

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 50% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 4.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

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

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Ecuador carries 37% more fine dust than in Russia

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.8 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Russia

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Ecuador are 2.3 times as deadly as in Russia

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Ecuador is on average 23.8 °C warmer than Russia

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 5.5 times as much rain as Russia

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)