International Rankings of Ecuador 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Ecuador, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Ecuador, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	96	12.53	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	55	2.092 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	121	57.27 %	2018
Internet users - total	56	9.449 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	112	13.15	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	54	2.196 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	94.97	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	67	15.853 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	62	38.080 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	62	33.430 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	72	4.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	73	57.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	101	57.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	119	69.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	77	71.2	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	63	107.436 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	144	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	89	14.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	106	60.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	23	21.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	52	24.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	45	1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	96	6.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	49	32.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	94	60.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	34	35.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	37	1.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	86	0.6 %	2017
Labor force	60	8.086 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	64	26.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	78	18.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	92	55.5 %	2017
Population below poverty line	66	25	2019
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	69	197.631 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	113	11375 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	61	32 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	70	37.540 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	23	383500	2017
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	29	517000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	18	8.273 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	71	22.680 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	74	211.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	55	43	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	24	54	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	101	82.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	70	8.192 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	71	26.500 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	93	453.100 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	70	477.800 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	72	10.900 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	49	265000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	66	25870 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	41	153900 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	62	137400 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	60	41.15 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	57	23.51 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	132	14.91 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	119	29.7	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.7	2018
Land use - forest	74	38.9	2018
Land use - other	74	31.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	45	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	79	19.4	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	72	0.27 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	25	442.400 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	44	8.076 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	66	549.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	40	1.293 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	80	1.62	2025
Urbanization - urban population	88	64.4	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	43	5.297 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	47	683340 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	53	12.9 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	75	276841 sq km	0
Area - total	75	283561 sq km	0
Area - water	139	6720 sq km	0
Coastline	57	2237 km	0
Elevation - highest point	10	6267 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	26	1117 meters	0
Irrigated land	35	15000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	81	2237 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	119	29.7	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.7	2018
Land use - forest	74	38.9	2018
Land use - other	74	31.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	45	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	79	19.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	25	442.400 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	69	17.8 %	8222
Age structure - 25-54 years	105	40.31 %	0262
Age structure - 55-64 years	123	7.92 %	1759
Birth rate	91	16.71 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	8	80.1 %	0712
Current Health Expenditure	31	8.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	165	5.15 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	76	11.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	78	8.6 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	92	53.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	78	42.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	52	16.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	65	6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	29	5 % of GDP	2015
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	50	45000	2020
Hospital bed density	55	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	92	14.74 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	86	22.18 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	90	18.55 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	59	80.87 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	67	74.8 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	66	77.76 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	79	59	2017
Median age - female	97	29.6 years	2020
Median age - male	93	28 years	0
Median age - total	94	28.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	80	19.9 %	2016
Physicians density	79	2.04 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	70	17.093 million	2021
Population growth rate	77	1.16 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	94	8.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	97	2.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	80	2.07 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	95	12	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	108	6.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	109	8.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	80	1.62	2025
Urbanization - urban population	88	64.4	2021
Transportation
Airports	18	432	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	18	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	34	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	23	26	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	21	104	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	7	51	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	26	37	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	13	328	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	13	291	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	42	64.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	62	5.365 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	73	35	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	21	7	2020
Railways - total	89	965 km	2017
Roadways - paved	77	8161 km	2015
Roadways - total	72	43216 km	2015
Waterways	48	1500 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Ecuador on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ecuador 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ecuador 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.