Work & Labour in Ecuador 1,117 indicators covering work & labour for Ecuador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employment outside the formal sector 4,774 2025 up 38.9% 24th Share of employment outside the formal sector 57.32 2025 up 19.3% 19th Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3.23 2025 down 5.5% 69th Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 278.21 2025 up 9.9% 33rd Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 477.01 2025 up 86.0% 7th Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 22.5 2025 up 79.7% 1st Average hourly earnings of employees 3.4 2025 up 19.5% 70th Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1 2023 — 58th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 550.69 2025 down 5.7% 17th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 17.72 2025 down 10.6% 20th Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 27.19 2012 down 52.4% 33rd Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 67.7% 2025 up 19.3% 23rd Share of male workers in informal employment 67.7% 2025 up 19.3% 23rd Share of workers in informal employment 68.5% 2025 up 17.6% 21st Share of female workers in informal employment 69.6% 2025 up 15.2% 21st Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 68.5% 2025 up 17.6% 21st Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 68.5% 2025 up 17.6% 23rd Average weekly hours actually worked per person in the public sector 38.54 2025 down 6.3% 43rd Workers in the reference group 1,100 1994 up 37.5% 53rd Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in the public sector 38.54 2025 down 6.3% 42nd Gender wage gap -9.13 2025 down 50.7% 61st Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 35.71 2025 down 10.9% 46th Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 736.52 2025 up 2.7% 37th Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 8,330 2025 up 16.5% 28th Employees 4,151 2025 up 5.7% 31st Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 957.86 2025 up 15.5% 59th Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 957.86 2025 up 15.5% 58th Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita -9.1% 2025 down 50.7% 62nd Gender wage gap -9.1% 2025 down 50.7% 62nd Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation -9.1% 2025 down 50.7% 62nd Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita -9.1% 2025 down 50.7% 62nd Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 -9.1% 2025 down 50.7% 62nd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 19.54 2025 up 52.1% 3rd Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 34.13 2025 down 12.2% 65th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 37.18 2025 down 10.5% 57th SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 3.4 2025 up 19.3% 65th Average hourly earnings of employees 3.4 2025 up 19.5% 52nd Average hourly earnings of employees 3.4 2025 up 19.5% 52nd Gini index of hourly earnings of employees 0.322 2025 down 6.1% 41st Median hourly earnings of employees 2.71 2025 up 23.7% 52nd Median hourly earnings of employees 2.71 2025 up 23.7% 52nd Median hourly earnings of employees 2.71 2025 up 23.7% 52nd Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 34.61 2025 down 10.5% 42nd Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 35.61 2025 down 9.5% 38th Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 354.96 2025 up 27.1% 30th Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 76.23 2025 up 19.8% 21st Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 5.79 2025 up 24.7% 48th Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 5.79 2025 up 24.7% 48th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 7.1% 2020 down 25.1% 71st Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM 38.2 2025 down 7.2% 39th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation 39.61 2025 down 5.8% 38th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 3.44 2015 — 50th Average monthly earnings of care employees 681.24 2025 up 13.5% 43rd Average monthly earnings of care employees 681.24 2025 up 13.5% 43rd SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 3 2025 unchanged 1st Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 3 score 2025 unchanged 1st Public sector employment 569.88 2025 down 15.1% 22nd Average hourly earnings of care employees 4.34 2025 up 24.8% 40th Average hourly earnings of care employees 4.34 2025 up 24.8% 40th Informal care employment 246.07 2025 up 43.5% 20th ← Previous Page 6 of 19 Next →