Ecuador — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Ecuador, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Ecuador was 0.71% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 96.10% in 2000. The lowest was -0.34% in 2020 (about -2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.31% per year.
Ecuador ranks 159 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Ecuador sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 99% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 82%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 29 of 33 economies; Grenada (0.61%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2501% in 2022. That is 44% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1961; grown tenfold by 1974.
World ranking. Slipped: 35th of 63 in 1960 → 35th of 92 in 1970 → 71st of 106 in 1980 → 12th of 131 in 1990 → 4th of 163 in 2000 → 86th of 186 in 2010 → 155th of 178 in 2020 → 142nd of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.71% | -0.8 pp |
| 2024 | 1.55% | -0.7 pp |
| 2023 | 2.22% | -1.3 pp |
| 2022 | 3.47% | +3.3 pp |
| 2021 | 0.13% | +0.5 pp |
| 2020 | -0.34% | -0.6 pp |
| 2019 | 0.27% | +0.5 pp |
| 2018 | -0.22% | -0.6 pp |
| 2017 | 0.42% | -1.3 pp |
| 2016 | 1.73% | -2.2 pp |
| 2015 | 3.97% | +0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 3.59% | +0.9 pp |
| 2013 | 2.72% | -2.4 pp |
| 2012 | 5.1% | +0.6 pp |
| 2011 | 4.47% | +0.9 pp |
| 2010 | 3.55% | -1.6 pp |
| 2009 | 5.16% | -3.2 pp |
| 2008 | 8.4% | +6.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.28% | -1.0 pp |
| 2006 | 3.3% | +1.1 pp |
| 2005 | 2.17% | -0.6 pp |
| 2004 | 2.74% | -5.2 pp |
| 2003 | 7.93% | -4.6 pp |
| 2002 | 12.48% | -25.2 pp |
| 2001 | 37.68% | -58.4 pp |
| 2000 | 96.1% | +43.9 pp |
| 1999 | 52.24% | +16.1 pp |
| 1998 | 36.1% | +5.4 pp |
| 1997 | 30.66% | +6.2 pp |
| 1996 | 24.41% | +1.5 pp |
| 1995 | 22.93% | -4.4 pp |
| 1994 | 27.31% | -17.6 pp |
| 1993 | 44.96% | -9.7 pp |
| 1992 | 54.61% | +5.9 pp |
| 1991 | 48.72% | +0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 48.52% | -27.1 pp |
| 1989 | 75.65% | +17.4 pp |
| 1988 | 58.22% | +28.7 pp |
| 1987 | 29.5% | +6.5 pp |
| 1986 | 23.03% | -5.0 pp |
| 1985 | 27.99% | -3.2 pp |
| 1984 | 31.22% | -17.2 pp |
| 1983 | 48.42% | +32.1 pp |
| 1982 | 16.28% | +2.2 pp |
| 1981 | 14.05% | +2.1 pp |
| 1980 | 11.91% | +1.8 pp |
| 1979 | 10.12% | -3.0 pp |
| 1978 | 13.1% | +0.2 pp |
| 1977 | 12.94% | +2.8 pp |
| 1976 | 10.17% | -4.1 pp |
| 1975 | 14.29% | -8.4 pp |
| 1974 | 22.7% | +10.6 pp |
| 1973 | 12.13% | +4.6 pp |
| 1972 | 7.53% | -2.0 pp |
| 1971 | 9.52% | +4.4 pp |
| 1970 | 5.17% | -1.2 pp |
| 1969 | 6.33% | +2.0 pp |
| 1968 | 4.32% | +0.5 pp |
| 1967 | 3.82% | -1.6 pp |
| 1966 | 5.45% | +2.4 pp |
| 1965 | 3.07% | -1.0 pp |
| 1964 | 4.03% | -1.9 pp |
| 1963 | 5.94% | +3.1 pp |
| 1962 | 2.87% | -1.1 pp |
| 1961 | 3.99% | +2.3 pp |
| 1960 | 1.68% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Ecuador’s Inflation in 1961?
3.99% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Ecuador’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -57.6% in total — about 1.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.71%; 2024: 1.55%; 2023: 2.22%; 2022: 3.47%; 2021: 0.13%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.