What is freedom of association index in Ecuador?

Freedom of association index in Ecuador was 0.719 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Ecuador?

The highest recorded value was 0.885 in 1989.

What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Ecuador?

The lowest recorded value was 0.2 in 1964.

How does Ecuador rank for freedom of association index?

Ecuador ranks 90th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Ecuador?

Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Ecuador data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Freedom of Association Index in Ecuador

Name: Freedom of Association Index in Ecuador
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Ecuador: Freedom of Association Index was 0.719 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.719

Change on year

down 7.1%

World rank

90th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.885

in 1989

All-time low

0.2

in 1964

Years of data

196

1830–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Ecuador, 1830–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 0.719 for freedom of association index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Ecuador peaked at 0.885 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.2, in 1964.

Ecuador ranks 90th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 196 years of available data.

Freedom of Association Index in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Ecuador, 1830 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1830	0.383	—
1831	0.383	+0.0%
1832	0.383	+0.0%
1833	0.376	-1.8%
1834	0.376	+0.0%
1835	0.376	+0.0%
1836	0.376	+0.0%
1837	0.376	+0.0%
1838	0.376	+0.0%
1839	0.376	+0.0%
1840	0.376	+0.0%
1841	0.28	-25.5%
1842	0.28	+0.0%
1843	0.28	+0.0%
1844	0.28	+0.0%
1845	0.351	+25.4%
1846	0.45	+28.2%
1847	0.45	+0.0%
1848	0.45	+0.0%
1849	0.45	+0.0%
1850	0.45	+0.0%
1851	0.45	+0.0%
1852	0.45	+0.0%
1853	0.45	+0.0%
1854	0.45	+0.0%
1855	0.45	+0.0%
1856	0.466	+3.6%
1857	0.513	+10.1%
1858	0.513	+0.0%
1859	0.513	+0.0%
1860	0.225	-56.1%
1861	0.256	+13.8%
1862	0.256	+0.0%
1863	0.256	+0.0%
1864	0.256	+0.0%
1865	0.26	+1.6%
1866	0.355	+36.5%
1867	0.355	+0.0%
1868	0.359	+1.1%
1869	0.267	-25.6%
1870	0.267	+0.0%
1871	0.267	+0.0%
1872	0.267	+0.0%
1873	0.267	+0.0%
1874	0.267	+0.0%
1875	0.332	+24.3%
1876	0.474	+42.8%
1877	0.474	+0.0%
1878	0.474	+0.0%
1879	0.474	+0.0%
1880	0.474	+0.0%
1881	0.474	+0.0%
1882	0.474	+0.0%
1883	0.474	+0.0%
1884	0.363	-23.4%
1885	0.363	+0.0%
1886	0.363	+0.0%
1887	0.363	+0.0%
1888	0.509	+40.2%
1889	0.521	+2.4%
1890	0.514	-1.3%
1891	0.514	+0.0%
1892	0.548	+6.6%
1893	0.548	+0.0%
1894	0.548	+0.0%
1895	0.475	-13.3%
1896	0.545	+14.7%
1897	0.545	+0.0%
1898	0.545	+0.0%
1899	0.545	+0.0%
1900	0.594	+9.0%
1901	0.576	-3.0%
1902	0.569	-1.2%
1903	0.569	+0.0%
1904	0.569	+0.0%
1905	0.571	+0.4%
1906	0.576	+0.9%
1907	0.576	+0.0%
1908	0.576	+0.0%
1909	0.576	+0.0%
1910	0.536	-6.9%
1911	0.587	+9.5%
1912	0.597	+1.7%
1913	0.589	-1.3%
1914	0.589	+0.0%
1915	0.589	+0.0%
1916	0.595	+1.0%
1917	0.593	-0.3%
1918	0.518	-12.6%
1919	0.518	+0.0%
1920	0.503	-2.9%
1921	0.509	+1.2%
1922	0.509	+0.0%
1923	0.509	+0.0%
1924	0.507	-0.4%
1925	0.536	+5.7%
1926	0.536	+0.0%
1927	0.536	+0.0%
1928	0.536	+0.0%
1929	0.534	-0.4%
1930	0.534	+0.0%
1931	0.533	-0.2%
1932	0.479	-10.1%
1933	0.479	+0.0%
1934	0.485	+1.3%
1935	0.485	+0.0%
1936	0.419	-13.6%
1937	0.398	-5.0%
1938	0.444	+11.6%
1939	0.444	+0.0%
1940	0.396	-10.8%
1941	0.396	+0.0%
1942	0.396	+0.0%
1943	0.396	+0.0%
1944	0.396	+0.0%
1945	0.469	+18.4%
1946	0.463	-1.3%
1947	0.608	+31.3%
1948	0.66	+8.6%
1949	0.661	+0.2%
1950	0.654	-1.1%
1951	0.651	-0.5%
1952	0.657	+0.9%
1953	0.661	+0.6%
1954	0.658	-0.5%
1955	0.656	-0.3%
1956	0.657	+0.2%
1957	0.658	+0.2%
1958	0.659	+0.2%
1959	0.659	+0.0%
1960	0.615	-6.7%
1961	0.621	+1.0%
1962	0.621	+0.0%
1963	0.278	-55.2%
1964	0.2	-28.1%
1965	0.2	+0.0%
1966	0.214	+7.0%
1967	0.478	+123.4%
1968	0.626	+31.0%
1969	0.67	+7.0%
1970	0.594	-11.3%
1971	0.418	-29.6%
1972	0.367	-12.2%
1973	0.257	-30.0%
1974	0.257	+0.0%
1975	0.257	+0.0%
1976	0.257	+0.0%
1977	0.257	+0.0%
1978	0.326	+26.8%
1979	0.751	+130.4%
1980	0.863	+14.9%
1981	0.863	+0.0%
1982	0.863	+0.0%
1983	0.863	+0.0%
1984	0.836	-3.1%
1985	0.837	+0.1%
1986	0.838	+0.1%
1987	0.839	+0.1%
1988	0.863	+2.9%
1989	0.885	+2.5%
1990	0.884	-0.1%
1991	0.883	-0.1%
1992	0.885	+0.2%
1993	0.881	-0.5%
1994	0.882	+0.1%
1995	0.882	+0.0%
1996	0.881	-0.1%
1997	0.881	+0.0%
1998	0.882	+0.1%
1999	0.882	+0.0%
2000	0.882	+0.0%
2001	0.882	+0.0%
2002	0.88	-0.2%
2003	0.879	-0.1%
2004	0.879	+0.0%
2005	0.879	+0.0%
2006	0.879	+0.0%
2007	0.828	-5.8%
2008	0.784	-5.3%
2009	0.737	-6.0%
2010	0.723	-1.9%
2011	0.714	-1.2%
2012	0.713	-0.1%
2013	0.675	-5.3%
2014	0.671	-0.6%
2015	0.671	+0.0%
2016	0.67	-0.1%
2017	0.716	+6.9%
2018	0.813	+13.5%
2019	0.776	-4.6%
2020	0.759	-2.2%
2021	0.744	-2.0%
2022	0.782	+5.1%
2023	0.788	+0.8%
2024	0.774	-1.8%
2025	0.719	-7.1%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

Ecuador's 0.719 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7185, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Ecuador's 0.719 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.839, 86% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Freedom of Association Index in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1979	+130.4%	0.326	0.751
1967	+123.4%	0.214	0.478
1860	-56.1%	0.513	0.225
1963	-55.2%	0.621	0.278
1876	+42.8%	0.332	0.474
1888	+40.2%	0.363	0.509

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1830s	0.3781	0.376	0.383	10
1840s	0.3647	0.28	0.45	10
1850s	0.4705	0.45	0.513	10
1860s	0.2845	0.225	0.359	10
1870s	0.3563	0.267	0.474	10
1880s	0.4378	0.363	0.521	10
1890s	0.5327	0.475	0.548	10
1900s	0.5752	0.569	0.594	10
1910s	0.5711	0.518	0.597	10
1920s	0.5215	0.503	0.536	10
1930s	0.47	0.398	0.534	10
1940s	0.4841	0.396	0.661	10
1950s	0.657	0.651	0.661	10
1960s	0.4523	0.2	0.67	10
1970s	0.3741	0.257	0.751	10
1980s	0.855	0.836	0.885	10
1990s	0.8823	0.881	0.885	10
2000s	0.8509	0.737	0.882	10
2010s	0.7142	0.67	0.813	10
2020s	0.761	0.719	0.788	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Ecuador?: Freedom of association index in Ecuador was 0.719 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Ecuador?: The highest recorded value was 0.885 in 1989.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Ecuador?: The lowest recorded value was 0.2 in 1964.
How does Ecuador rank for freedom of association index?: Ecuador ranks 90th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Ecuador?: Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Freedom of Association Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,011 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.