Ecuador vs Nigeria: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita

Ecuador

63.4%

in 2025

Nigeria

63.8%

in 2025

Ecuador rank

127th

Nigeria rank

126th

Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita over time

Nigeria currently reports 63.8% against 63.4% in Ecuador, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 127th and Nigeria ranks 126th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita
Unit: %
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.