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Key facts
- Currency: U.S. dollar
- Capital city: Quito
- Region: South America
- Continent: Americas
- Land area: 248,360 km²
- Population: 18,001,000
- Political Leader: Lenín Moreno (President)
Latest news (see all)
Ecuador spat: Trotsky to the shah, Mexico's long history as home to exiles
Read: Al Jazeera
2024-04-26
Ecuador's Former Comptroller General Convicted in Case Tied to Odebrecht
Read: The Wall Street Journal
2024-04-24
By any means necessary? Ecuador's new president and the fight against drug gangs
Read: France 24
2024-04-23
Ecuador eyes new debt-for-nature swaps involving Amazon and ocean protection
Read: Fast Company
2024-04-23
Metrics
General information
Business
Expense | 30.72 % of GDP |
GDP | 115,049,000,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 3.47 annual % |
Self-employed | 53.30 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 13.21 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 3.55 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 50.80 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 54,700.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 6.21 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 34,431.00 kt |
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 | 2.03 births per woman |
Forest area | 124,336 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 86.88 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -335.69 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 23.90 years |
Methane emissions | 27,460.30 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 5,192.81 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 9,016,398 |
Male Population | 8,984,602 |
Renewable energy consumption | 20.10 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 253,214.00 km² |
Rural population | 6,377,754 |
Urban land area | 2,293.85 km² |
Urban population | 11,623,246 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 6.35 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 16.82 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 6.72 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 478.53 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 8.48 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 1.39 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 74 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 7.60 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
Individuals using the Internet | 69.72 % of population |
Net migration | -21,525 |
Press freedom | 2.45 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 42,000 |
Democracy score | 6.27 |
Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
Military expenditure | 2.16 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 38.69 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago