Ecuador vs Mexico
Ecuador vs Mexico: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 54.5% of GDP in Ecuador and 61.7% of GDP in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 7.2 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Ecuador.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ecuador.
- In 2025, Ecuador ranked 70 and Mexico ranked 52 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mexico at 64.5% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.5 | 61.7 |
| 2024 | 54.1 | 59 |
| 2023 | 54.5 | 52.7 |
| 2022 | 57.2 | 53.8 |
| 2021 | 61.8 | 56.7 |
| 2020 | 63.6 | 58.5 |
| 2019 | 52.1 | 51.9 |
| 2018 | 49.5 | 52.2 |
| 2017 | 47.4 | 52.5 |
| 2016 | 46.1 | 55 |
| 2015 | 36.4 | 51 |
| 2014 | 28.2 | 47.1 |
| 2013 | 23.4 | 44.1 |
| 2012 | 19.3 | 40.8 |
| 2011 | 18.6 | 41.2 |
| 2010 | 18.4 | 40.2 |
| 2009 | 19.7 | 41.7 |
| 2008 | 24.9 | 40.6 |
| 2007 | 29.7 | 35.5 |
| 2006 | 33.1 | 35.8 |
| 2005 | 35.8 | 36.8 |
| 2004 | 40.2 | 38.9 |
| 2003 | 47.2 | 42.1 |
| 2002 | 55 | 39.9 |
| 2001 | 63.8 | 37.3 |
| 2000 | – | 38.5 |
| 1999 | – | 41.7 |
| 1998 | – | 39.7 |
| 1997 | – | 39.1 |
| 1996 | – | 42.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 62.1 |
| 2027 | – | 62.9 |
| 2028 | – | 63.4 |
| 2029 | – | 64 |
| 2030 | – | 64.3 |
| 2031 | – | 64.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ecuador vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEcuador: 2 million TIV in 2018Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019