4th highest homicide rate45.7 per 100k · #4 of 160 · 2023
7th highest rainfall3,204 mm · #7 of 187 · 2016–2025 avg
14th highest highest point6,267 m · #14 of 213 · 2026 edition
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COUNTRYDUEL AMERICAS
Surprising facts about Ecuador
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Ecuador’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Ecuador among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Ecuador sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Ecuador across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Ecuador
vs Colombia 
vs Peru