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Ecuador

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Ecuador is a country. The capital city is Quito, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 248,360 km², a population of 17,980,083 people and uses the currency U.S. dollar. The President is Lenín Moreno.

Key facts

currency: U.S. dollar
capital city: Quito
region: South America
continent: Americas
land area: 248,360 km²
population: 17,980,083 people
political leader: Lenín Moreno (President)

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expense: 30.32 % of GDP
GDP: 118,844,826,000.00 current US$
inflation: 2.22 annual %
self-employed workers: 50.79 % of total employment
tax revenue: 13.04 % of GDP
unemployment: 3.51 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 48.49 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 42,000 people
democracy score: 6.27
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 72.70 % of population
military expenditure: 2.30 % of GDP
net migration: -21,948 people
press freedom: 2.45
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 43.07 %
birth rate: 16.58 per 1,000 people
death rate: 4.85 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 494.31 current US$
health expenditure: 8.29 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.30 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 78
suicide mortality rate: 7.60 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 54,700.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 6.21 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 45.33 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 12.67 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 50.70 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 34.53 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 2.10 % of total
net energy imports: -114.71 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.00 births per woman
forest area: 123,692 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 86.88 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 73.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 24.40
methane emissions: 23.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 4.44 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 9,015,132 people
male population: 8,964,951 people
renewable energy consumption: 18.90 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 253,213.92 km²
rural population: 6,330,428 people
urban land area: 2,293.85 km²
urban population: 11,649,655 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 6.35 % of total population

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