Unemployment rate: Ecuador
3.308% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.308 |
| 2024 | 3.453 |
| 2023 | 3.51 |
| 2022 | 3.713 |
| 2021 | 4.504 |
| 2020 | 6.116 |
| 2019 | 3.812 |
| 2018 | 3.53 |
| 2017 | 3.836 |
| 2016 | 4.597 |
| 2015 | 3.616 |
| 2014 | 3.48 |
| 2013 | 3.083 |
| 2012 | 3.235 |
| 2011 | 3.458 |
| 2010 | 4.088 |
| 2009 | 4.608 |
| 2008 | 3.917 |
| 2007 | 3.142 |
| 2006 | 3.55 |
| 2005 | 3.779 |
| 2004 | 5.002 |
| 2003 | 5.662 |
| 2002 | 4.825 |
| 2001 | 4.252 |
| 2000 | 4.8 |
| 1999 | 4.656 |
| 1998 | 4.389 |
| 1997 | 4.424 |
| 1996 | 4.422 |
| 1995 | 4.408 |
| 1994 | 4.409 |
| 1993 | 4.403 |
| 1992 | 4.333 |
| 1991 | 4.371 |