International Rankings of Ecuador 2022, 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	40	13.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	55	2.371 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	39	65.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	205	52	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	12.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	55	2.063 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	88	88.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	66	15.485 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	61	38.080 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	61	33.430 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	68	4.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	72	53.000 million US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	66	50.667 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	1	25000.00	2020
Exports	75	22.230 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	62	107.436 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	138	20.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	84	14.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	103	60.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	23	21.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	50	24.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	45	1.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	92	6.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	46	32.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	90	60.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	23	45 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	34	35.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	37	1.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	82	19.890 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	85	0.60 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	83	0.20 %	2019
Labor force	59	8.086 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	60	26 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	75	18 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	87	56 %	2017
Population below poverty line	64	25 %	2019
Public debt	97	45.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	67	182.240 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	118	0.06 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	111	10300 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	114	2.395 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	58	32.00 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	91	5.71 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	89	12.90	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	116	6.90	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	103	9.00	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	113	45000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	100	677000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	47	35.329 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	69	36.051 million	2019
Coal - consumption	112	10000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	103	10000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	63	24.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	66	26.353 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	49	1.826 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	112	6.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	66	9.354 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	50	4.303 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	43	1.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	124	21.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	20	77.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	68	0.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	99	42.564 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	100	342.407 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	70	342.407 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	71	10.902 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	23	349400 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	17	8.273 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	48	259000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	29	478000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	65	25870 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	40	153900 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	61	137400 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	58	41 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	56	24 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	129	15 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	116	30	2018
Land use - arable land	115	5	2018
Land use - forest	67	39	2018
Land use - other	71	31	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	19	2018
Total renewable water resources	25	442.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	43	8.076 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	64	549.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	39	1.293 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	78	1.62	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	74	65	2023
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	51	12.90 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	73	276841 sq km	N/A
Area - total	73	283561 sq km	N/A
Area - water	58	6720 sq km	N/A
Coastline	53	2237 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	14	6267 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	24	1117 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	44	10000 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	80	2237 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	116	30	2018
Land use - arable land	115	5	2018
Land use - forest	67	39	2018
Land use - other	71	31	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	19	2018
Population Density	133	62.45 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	32	2 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	67	17.80	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	99	40.31	0262
Age structure - 55-64 years	114	7.92	1759
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	67	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	94	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	100	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	93	16.45 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	64	5 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	10	77.90 %	1819
Current health expenditure	34	8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	150	5.17 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	88	11.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	76	8.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	107	50.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	85	39.40 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	55	13 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	64	5 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	47	4 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	56	1.40 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	85	14.39 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	82	21.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	83	18.13 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	57	81 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	64	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	60	78 years	N/A
Literacy - female	47	93 %	2020
Literacy - male	37	95 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	42	94 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	78	59.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	93	30 years	2020
Median age - male	91	28 years	N/A
Median age - total	89	29 years	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	76	19.90 %	2016
Physicians density	74	2.22 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	69	17.290 million	2022
Population growth rate	70	1.13 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	91	3 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	103	1 % of population	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	0.96	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	29	0.92	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.78 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	75	4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	101	18 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	94	11 %	2020
Total fertility rate	78	2.04 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	78	1.62	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	74	65	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	89	12.90	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	116	6.90	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	103	9.00	N/A
Transportation
Airports	18	432	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	18	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	33	5	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	22	26	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	4	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	21	104	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	7	51	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	26	37	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	13	328	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	13	291	2021
Heliports	21	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	70	145	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	61	64.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	61	5.365 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	71	35.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	21	7	2020
Railways - total	81	965 km	2022
Roadways - paved	73	8895 km	2022
Roadways - total	70	43950 km	2022
Waterways	52	1500 km	2012

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ecuador 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ecuador 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.