Ecuador vs Mexico
Ecuador vs Mexico: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 0.7% a year in Ecuador and 3.8% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 3.1 percentage points, or 5.38 times that in Ecuador.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Ecuador.
- In 2025, Ecuador ranked 155 and Mexico ranked 62 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ecuador at 1.5% a year and Mexico at 3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 3.5 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | -0.3 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | -0.2 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 8.4 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2.7 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 7.9 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 12.5 | 5 |
| 2001 | 37.7 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 96.1 | 9.5 |
| 1999 | 52.2 | 16.6 |
| 1998 | 36.1 | 15.9 |
| 1997 | 30.6 | 20.6 |
| 1996 | 24.4 | 34.4 |
| 1995 | 22.9 | 35.1 |
| 1994 | 27.4 | 7 |
| 1993 | 45 | 9.8 |
| 1992 | 54.3 | 15.5 |
| 1991 | 48.8 | 22.6 |
| 1990 | 48.5 | 26.7 |
| 1989 | 75.7 | 19.9 |
| 1988 | 58.2 | 113.5 |
| 1987 | 29.5 | 132 |
| 1986 | 23 | 86.5 |
| 1985 | 28 | 57.8 |
| 1984 | 31.2 | 65.4 |
| 1983 | 48.4 | 101.8 |
| 1982 | 16.3 | 59.1 |
| 1981 | 16.4 | 28 |
| 1980 | 13.1 | 26.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2027 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| 2028 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2029 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2030 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2031 | 1.5 | 3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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