Ecuador
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 18.3M (2025). World rank 70 of 216; in Americas, 11 of 46. Area: 276,841 km². World rank 75 of 249; in Americas, 13 of 56. GDP: $130.3B (2025). World rank 64 of 210; in Americas, 9 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 16.3M → 18.3M, GDP $97.2B → $130.3B, and GDP per person $5,976 → $7,125. Worse than all its neighbours (Colombia and Peru): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Ecuador
- Local name
- Ecuador
- Capital
- Quito
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Daniel Noboa
- Head of government
- Daniel Noboa
- Independence
- May 24, 1822
- Women in parliament
- 45% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 18,289,896 2025
- Area
- 276,841 km²
- GDP
- $130.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $7,125 2025
- Life expectancy
- 77.6 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- US Dollar (USD)
- Time zones
- UTC−6, UTC−5
- Calling code
- +593
- Emergency numbers
- 101, 102, 131, 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 120 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 2,237
- Neighbours
- Colombia, Peru
- Agricultural land
- 20.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Chimborazo, 6,267 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,117
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 17
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 18°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 17°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,274 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 66.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 63.4% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -17.2K 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 23.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 67.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 80.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 74.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 14.8 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 68.2%, Protestant 19%, no religion 8.2%, other 3.3%, and other Christian 1.4% (2023)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 41.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 33.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 51.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 43.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 56.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $16,757 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $6,890 2025
- Inflation
- +0.7% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 43 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 9.7% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 25.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 57% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 8.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 52.4% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 31.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 27.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +5.9% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 5.9% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 13.1% 2022
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 45.9 2025
- Living on under $3 a day
- 3.4% 2025
Education
- Adult literacy
- 93.5% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 97.3% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 92.8% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 67.9% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.7% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $509 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 30.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.3 2020
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.5 2018
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.3 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 74% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 10.9 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 12.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 55 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.4% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 4.9% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 66.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 10.1% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 92.1% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 91.2% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 95% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 45.7 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 54.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, droughts, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 18.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 49.7% 2024
- Protected areas
- 20.2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 24,821 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 6.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 77.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 102 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 17.3 2024
- Internet domain
- .ec
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 98.5% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,639 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 18.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 81% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 32% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 4,567,423 2023
- Airports
- 317 2025
- Railways, km
- 965 2022
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2014
- Researchers per million people
- 400 2014
- Scientific articles per year
- 3,530 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 53 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 10% 2024