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Ecuador vs Venezuela
How Ecuador and Venezuela compare on 34 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ecuador was higher: 77.4 years against 72.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Ecuador was higher: $6,165 against $1,519
- Population · In 2023, Venezuela was higher: 28.3 million people against 18 million people
- Military spending · In 2017, Ecuador was higher: 2.36% of GDP against 2.23% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Venezuela was higher: 3.39 tonnes against 2.65 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsEcuador: 2 million TIV in 2018Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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