Ecuador vs Mexico

Ecuador vs Mexico: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 3.7% a year in Ecuador and 0.5% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 3.2 percentage points, or 7.5 times that in Mexico.

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% a year · IMF

Ecuador vs Mexico: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 3.7% a year in Ecuador and 0.5% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 3.2 percentage points, or 7.5 times that in Mexico.
EcuadorMexicoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ecuador has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Mexico.
  • In 2025, Ecuador ranked 61 and Mexico ranked 132 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ecuador at 3% a year and Mexico at 2.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEcuadorMexico
20253.70.5
2024-1.91.5
20231.83.1
20225.93.7
20219.46
2020-9.2-8.4
20190.2-0.4
201812
201761.9
2016-0.71.8
20150.12.7
20144.22.5
20137.20.9
20125.83.6
20118.53.4
201045
20091.1-6.3
20086.60.9
20071.92.1
20064.34.8
20055.42.1
20046.83.6
20032.91.2
20024.9-0.2
20014.2-0.5
20001.15
1999-4.72.8
19983.36.2
19974.37.2
19961.76.2
19952.3-5.9
19944.34.4
199322.9
19923.63.6
19915.14
199035.3
19890.33.6
198810.51.2
1987-62.1
19863.1-3.9
19854.41.9
19844.23.5
1983-2.8-4.6
19821.2-0.1
19813.99.6
19804.99.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEcuadorMexico
20262.71.5
20272.51.8
20282.72.2
20292.82.1
203032.1
203132.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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