| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $45.65 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.5% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $3,300 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 8.7%
industry: 29.7%
services: 61.6% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
65% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1995) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
7.9% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
4.36 million (urban) (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $6.908 billion
expenditures: planned $6.594 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003) |
| Industries : |
petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
5.3% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
75.23 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 81%
hydro: 19%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
69.96 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp |
| Exports : |
$6.073 billion (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 41.5%, Colombia 5.6%, Germany 5.5%, South Korea 5.5% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$6.22 billion (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
consumer goods, industrial raw materials, capital goods |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 23.1%, Colombia 12.4%, Brazil 8.1%, Venezuela 6.9%, Chile 4.7%, Japan 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$15.69 billion (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$120 million (2001) |
| Currency : |
US dollar (USD) |
| Currency Code : |
USD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Ecuador formally adopted the US dollar as legal tender in March 2000 |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
