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Ecuador — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Ecuador, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
64.50%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +2.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Ecuador was 64.50% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 68.15% in 2017. The lowest was 60.03% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.07% per year.
Ecuador ranks 70 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 37%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Ecuador sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
64.50%
First (1990)
63.02%
Change
+2.3%
Highest
68.15%
in 2017
Lowest
60.03%
in 2020
Average
64.64%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.07%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.5% |
| 2024 | 64.54% |
| 2023 | 64.49% |
| 2022 | 65.83% |
| 2021 | 65.69% |
| 2020 | 60.03% |
| 2019 | 66.18% |
| 2018 | 66.66% |
| 2017 | 68.15% |
| 2016 | 67.67% |
| 2015 | 65.66% |
| 2014 | 62.62% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.