Country
Ecuador
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Quito
- ISO code
- EC · ECU
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 18.3M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 14,319 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 77.6 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 2.6 t CO₂
Population
- Population 18.3M 2025 70th of 214
- Population density 73 people/km² 2024 130th of 212
- Population growth 0.85 % per year 2025 110th of 214
- Natural increase 9.9 per 1,000 people 2023 95th of 228
- Net migration -0.9 per 1,000 people 2025 129th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.81 births per woman 2024 114th of 214
- Urban population 63.4 % 2025 111th of 214
- Median age 28.4 years 2023 137th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 8.6 % 2025 107th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 12.7 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 108th of 214
- Children under 15 23.9 % 2025 103rd of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 77.6 years 2024 77th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 80.3 years 2024 80th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 74.9 years 2024 74th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.4 years 2024 84th of 214
- Infant mortality 10.9 per 1,000 births 2024 108th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 12.9 per 1,000 births 2024 105th of 195
- Maternal mortality 55 per 100,000 births 2023 91st of 193
- Health spending per person 509 USD 2023 87th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,238 $ (PPP) 2023 87th of 191
- Physicians 2.31 per 1,000 people 2020 78th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.3 per 1,000 people 2023 108th of 150
- Measles immunization 74 % 2024 156th of 191
- Undernourishment 10.8 % 2024 52nd of 165
- Tobacco use 10.1 % 2024 131st of 165
- Calorie supply 2,621 kcal per day 2023 137th of 175
- Meat supply 56.2 kg per person per year 2023 91st of 175
Economy
- GDP 130B USD 2025 63rd of 185
- GDP per capita 7,125 USD 2025 97th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 14,319 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 105th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 10,124 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 95th of 165
- GDP growth 3.7 % 2025 81st of 185
- GDP per capita growth 2.9 % 2025 77th of 185
- Inflation 0.7 % 2025 142nd of 169
- Unemployment 3.3 % 2025 130th of 181
- Youth unemployment 8.2 % 2025 132nd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 17.7 % 2025 72nd of 150
- Trade 57 % of GDP 2024 121st of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 45.9 2025 12th of 151
- Extreme poverty 3.4 % 2025 63rd of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 9.2 % of GDP 2024 72nd of 187
- Women in the labour force 52.4 % 2025 101st of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.777 2023 88th of 192
- Literacy rate 93.5 % 2024 57th of 122
- Education spending 3.6 % of GDP 2022 98th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 93 % 2023 75th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 68 % 2023 45th of 127
- Primary completion rate 100 % 2023 32nd of 135
- Women in parliament 45.0 % 2025 14th of 183
- Homicide rate 7.8 per 100,000 people 2020 33rd of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 77 % 2024 105th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 101 per 100 people 2023 123rd of 172
- Fixed broadband 16.1 per 100 people 2023 85th of 169
- Access to electricity 98.5 % 2024 136th of 212
- Safe drinking water 70 % 2024 86th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 49 % 2024 85th of 140
- Research and development 0.44 % of GDP 2014 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 48.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 57th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 2.6 t CO₂ 2024 98th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.54 t CO₂ 2024 121st of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 1.4 Gt CO₂ 2024 77th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 4.1 t CO₂e 2024 102nd of 201
- Forest area 49.7 % of land 2024 60th of 208
- Water stress 7 % 2022 107th of 176
- Arable land 3.7 % of land 2024 148th of 205
- Renewable energy 18.9 % of final energy 2021 112th of 210
- Renewable electricity 72.4 % of electricity 2024 42nd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.7 % of electricity 2024 85th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.1 % of electricity 2024 171st of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 204 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 145th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,801 kWh 2024 110th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 18.6 µg/m³ 2023 94th of 199
Ecuador on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSpanish, Quechua · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldUS dollar (USD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−6 … UTC−5 · 2 time zonesSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 120 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world10 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map36 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 17 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)