Country profile · ECU
Ecuador
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 18M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 1.1%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 66 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.82
- Expected years of schooling
- 14.9 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 60%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 18% / 3%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.45
- Urban population
- 63%
- Employment in agriculture
- 32%
- Internet use
- 73%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.42%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 38.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 29%
- Women married before age 18
- 22%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 5.73
Religion
- Christianity93%
- No religion6%
- Other religions1%
Major cities
- Guayaquil
- Quito
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
Common migration destinations
- the United States
- Spain