🇪🇨 Ecuador
Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Quito
Money4.6 / 10
Safety0.7 / 10
Health6.5 / 10
Quality of life4.8 / 10
Passport4.9 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.6 / 10
Purchasing power47.866 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$16,757116 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$6,890112 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth3.7 %90 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation0.71 %32 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment3.3 %52 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)45.9140 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2025
Reserves$10B80 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power47.488 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety0.7 / 10
Safety (survey)38.383 of 89Numbeo
Crime61.7129 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k45.7159 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health6.5 / 10
Health care (survey)78.24 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted1424 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy77.6 yr79 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100010.988 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$50989 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending7.6 % GDP73 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10002.381 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2020
Hospital beds per 10001.3114 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life4.8 / 10
Quality of life12954 of 89Numbeo
Pollution58.554 of 115Numbeo
Purity99.864 of 115Numbeo
Climate94.59 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time37.558 of 89Numbeo
Internet users77.2 %117 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending3.7 % GDP116 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Urban population63.4 %113 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio11.344 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income4.963 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$41B70 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$36B74 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP59.4 %133 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$1B89 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism2.1M ppl62 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2019
☗People and environment
Population18.3M70 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth0.85 %111 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.8116 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100102136 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity98.5 %139 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita2.6 t105 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy18.9 %112 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending2.2 % GDP108 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport4.9 / 10
No visa needed in advance87 of 198100 of 199
Visa free48 of 198
Visa on arrival35 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)4 of 198
E-visa33 of 198
Visa required78 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not