Ecuador vs Panama: Income share held by highest 20%

Ecuador

51.5%

in 2025

Panama

54.3%

in 2024

Ecuador rank

9th

Panama rank

7th

Income share held by highest 20% over time

Ecuador
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 54.3% against 51.5% in Ecuador, a difference of 2.8%.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Panama ahead.

Globally, Ecuador ranks 9th and Panama ranks 7th of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Income share held by highest 20%
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 122 places, 2,305 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.