Latin America · ECU

Ecuador market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

Capital
Quito
Income group
Upper middle income
World Bank region
Latin America & Caribbean
Country codes
ECU · EC

GDP per capita

$7,125
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

3.73%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

0.71%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

18,289,896
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

77.17%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

3.31%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

59.36%
2025% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$7,125 per person

Ecuador's GDP per capita was $7,125 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 30.4% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

3.73% real growth

Real GDP growth was 3.73% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 0.71% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 3.31% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

77.17% online

Internet use reached 77.17% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 17.25 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

18,289,896 residents

The population grew at 0.85% in 2025. Life expectancy was 77.58 years, while exports plus imports equaled 59.36% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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