{"id":125540,"date":"2023-06-28T20:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T01:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125540"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:27:46","slug":"ecuador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Ecuador <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 2 April 1976 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Quito <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 283,561 km2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 2,010 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 2,237 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower minerals, hydropower, diamonds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices <\/td>97808<\/td>MIllions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td> 5600<\/td>USD <\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-9.2<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td> 20.8<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>22.5<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Ecuador: Economic National Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC.
Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population <\/td>17643.1<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>78<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>80<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>75<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>8.1<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>98.8<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>98.6<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>78.7<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>4.1<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.47<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>5.9<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>-12<\/td>%<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Ecuador: National Socio-Demographic Profile.<\/a> CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications.
ECLAC. Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 22 provinces (provincias, singular – provincia): Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 24 May 1822 (from Spain) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 20 October 2008 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal, compulsory for literate persons ages 18-65, optional for other eligible voters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: President Guillermo Lasso. Vicepresident Alfredo Borrero
Note: The president is both the chief of state and head of government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (100 seats; members are popularly elected by province to serve four-year terms) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (according to the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet code:<\/strong> .ec <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Web Portal:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.presidencia.gov.ec<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR  Short name: Ecuador  Date of membership: 2 April 1976  Capital: Quito  Geography  Location: Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru.  Area: 283,561 km2  Land boundaries: 2,010 km  Border countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km  Coastline: 2,237 km  Natural resources: petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower minerals, hydropower, diamonds.  Environment – international agreements: Party to: Antarctic-Environmental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125540\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}