South Korea’s coastline is 8% longer than Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 4,317 m above South Korea’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 20% of Ecuador, versus 16% of South Korea

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 2.8 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 7.2 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 16 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Ecuador have 1.1 more children on average than in South Korea

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Ecuador hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

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

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Ecuador and South Korea are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 14 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 3.8 times as much per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in South Korea (Gini 13 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

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

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ecuador, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Ecuador 2.1%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

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

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 6.2 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

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

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

South Korea has 13% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 9.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 4.3 times that in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Ecuador rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in South Korea

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 49% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 809 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 316 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 3.8 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 3% faster than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 99% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Ecuador: 102 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 4.5 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 5.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 50% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 4.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 19% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 96 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in South Korea

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 3.5 times as deadly as in South Korea

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Ecuador is on average 8.1 °C warmer than South Korea

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 2.5 times as much rain as South Korea

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)