If you lived in New Jersey instead of Ecuador, you would:

Economy

be 56.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Ecuador, 21.4% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In New Jersey, however, that number is 9.3% as of 2023.

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make 9.9 times more money

Ecuador has a GDP per capita of $7,125 as of 2025, while in New Jersey, the GDP per capita is $70,788 as of 2024.

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be 36.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Ecuador, 3.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New Jersey, that number is 4.5% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 19.1% more likely to have internet access

In Ecuador, approximately 77.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In New Jersey, about 91.9% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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