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Ecuador
Ecuador's minimum wage is $87 PPP/mo, ranked 82nd of 85. And its savings vs inflation is 4.59 %, ranked 9th of 69.
Of 15 fields published for Ecuador, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
43 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,220 PPP/mo
The average employee in Ecuador earns about $1,220 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
34.10 %
100 saved in Ecuador in 2000 buys what 34 buys today — 66 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,220 PPP/mo
The average employee in Ecuador earns about $1,220 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$87 PPP/mo
The law in Ecuador sets the floor at about $87 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
4.59 %
A bank account in Ecuador currently gains about 4.6 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
5.30 %
Inflation rate
0.71 %
At 0.7 % a year, prices double in about 101 years if it holds.
Currency
0.00 %
ranked 14th of 71
Average monthly salary
$1,220 PPP/mo
ranked 61st of 92
Median salary
$1,065 PPP/mo
ranked 46th of 78
Where Ecuador sits, field by field
Each dot is Ecuador’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Minimum wage$87 PPP/mo82 of 85
- Savings vs inflation4.59 %9 of 69
- Currency0.00 %14 of 71
- Unemployment rate3.31 %32 of 124
- Average monthly salary$1,220 PPP/mo61 of 92
- GDP growth3.73 %45 of 127
- GDP per capita$7,12581 of 127
- Median salary$1,065 PPP/mo46 of 78
- Debt per person$3,87655 of 123
- Public holidays11 days58 of 104
- Deposit rate5.30 %33 of 70
- Inflation rate0.71 %66 of 123
- Price level43 % of US prices60 of 125
- Money's value34.10 %61 of 116
- Government debt54.40 %62 of 124
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Guatemala
avg gap 15.6 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $87 PPP/mo (Ecuador) vs $963 PPP/mo
Peru
avg gap 15.7 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $87 PPP/mo (Ecuador) vs $526 PPP/mo
El Salvador
avg gap 17.1 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 11 days (Ecuador) vs 25 days
Fiji
avg gap 17.6 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $87 PPP/mo (Ecuador) vs $1,010 PPP/mo
| Debt per person | $3,876 | ranked 55th of 123 | |
| Public holidays | 11 days | ranked 58th of 104 | |
| Deposit rate | 5.30 % | ranked 33rd of 70 | |
| Inflation rate | 0.71 % | ranked 66th of 123 | |
| Price level | 43 % of US prices | ranked 60th of 125 | |
| Money's value | 34.10 % | ranked 61st of 116 | |
| Government debt | 54.40 % | ranked 62nd of 124 |
✓ 15 fields published for Ecuador, every one dated and sourced · 20 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Ecuador: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax.
Sources for all 15 figures
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-07
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025