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Ecuador

At a glance

  • Ecuador has a population of about 18.3M; its total GDP of $130.3B ranks #62 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 251,865 km² is about 1.3× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Inflation rate stands out most against the median: 0.7% — rank #137 of 162 countries with data.

Ecuador: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 18.3M (2025) #70 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.6×
Population growth 0.8% (2025) #100 / 169 median 1.1% · 77%
Urban population share 63.4% (2025) #87 / 169 median 63.8% · 99%
Population aged 65+ 8.6% (2025) #74 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.2×
Fertility rate 1.8 (2024) #97 / 169 median 2.1 · 86%
Birth rate 14.8‰ (2024) #94 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 93%
Death rate 5.2‰ (2024) #146 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 73%
Net migration -17.2K (2025) #124 / 169 N/A
Surface area 251,865 km² #78 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.3×
Population density derived 72.6/km² (2025) #87 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 99%
Economy
GDP (total) $130.3B (2025) #62 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.6×
GDP per capita $7,125 (2025) #81 / 168 median $6,834 · 1.0×
GNI per capita $6,890 (2025) #82 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.1×
GDP growth (annual) 3.7% (2025) #70 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.2×
Inflation rate 0.7% (2025) #137 / 162 median 3.3% · 21%
Unemployment rate 3.3% (2025) #123 / 168 median 5.1% · 64%
Gini index 45.9 (2025) #14 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.3×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 3.4% (2025) #72 / 153 median 2.5% · 1.4×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 31.4% (2025) #94 / 163 median 35.0% · 90%
Imports share of GDP 27.9% (2025) #123 / 163 median 40.2% · 69%
Agriculture share of GDP 9.7% (2025) #67 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.4×
Manufacturing share of GDP 13.2% (2025) #56 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.2×
International tourist arrivals 2.1M (2019) #57 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.9×
Tourism receipts $705M (2020) #83 / 165 median $705M · 1.0×
Health & education
Life expectancy 77.6 years (2024) #56 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 10.9‰ (2024) #95 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 84%
Under-five mortality 12.9‰ (2024) #92 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 82%
DPT immunization 70.0% (2024) #142 / 166 median 90.5% · 77%
Hospital beds 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) #111 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 65%
Health spending share of GDP 7.6% (2023) #64 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.2×
Secondary school enrollment 92.8% (2023) #73 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 3.7% (2024) #100 / 165 median 4.1% · 89%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.777 (2023) #73 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 77.2% (2024) #94 / 169 median 81.5% · 95%
Mobile subscriptions 101.6 per 100 (2024) #112 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 87%
Fixed broadband 17.2 per 100 (2024) #71 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.4×
Electricity access 98.5% (2024) #100 / 169 median 99.9% · 99%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 2.6 t (2024) #83 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.0×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 48.0 Mt (2024) #56 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 2.2×
Renewable electricity share 80.9% (2021) #29 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.4×
Renewable energy consumption 18.9% (2021) #106 / 169 median 26.9% · 70%
Forest area 49.5% (2023) #41 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.5×
Agricultural land 21.5% (2023) #127 / 169 median 41.7% · 52%
Arable land 4.1% (2023) #126 / 168 median 11.0% · 38%
PM2.5 exposure 18.6 µg/m³ (2023) #92 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 94%
Military spending 2.2% (2024) #53 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.2×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Ecuador's true-shape outline

Ecuador's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 251,865 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).