What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Ecuador and Nigeria?

0.0039 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nigeria?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ecuador vs Nigeria: Urban population, per capita

Ecuador

0.6339 units per person

in 2025

Nigeria

0.6378 units per person

in 2025

Ecuador rank

113th

Nigeria rank

112th

Urban population, per capita over time

Ecuador
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.6378 units per person against 0.6339 units per person in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0039 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 113th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 218 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3693 units per person	0.1683 units per person	0.2011 units per person	Ecuador
1970s	0.4215 units per person	0.2338 units per person	0.1877 units per person	Ecuador
1980s	0.5087 units per person	0.309 units per person	0.1997 units per person	Ecuador
1990s	0.5783 units per person	0.3877 units per person	0.1906 units per person	Ecuador
2000s	0.6181 units per person	0.4711 units per person	0.1471 units per person	Ecuador
2010s	0.6293 units per person	0.5532 units per person	0.076 units per person	Ecuador
2020s	0.6317 units per person	0.6177 units per person	0.014 units per person	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Ecuador or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.6378 units per person against 0.6339 units per person in Ecuador as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Ecuador and Nigeria?: 0.0039 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nigeria?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Ecuador and Nigeria rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Ecuador ranks 113th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban population, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.