Ecuador – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

ECU

Country

Ecuador

Score

41.98

Rank

85

Technology

31.97

People

39.3

Governance

47.6

Impact

49.03

1. Mobile tariffs	44.8	98
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	34.65	89
3. Households with internet acccess	33	86
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	70.87	86
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	24.75	85
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	49.93	116
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	37.91	50

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	52.03	78
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0	98

1. Availability of latest technologies	39.67	90
2. Company investment in emerging technology	16.84	104
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	27.32	99
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	0	80
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	18.18	59
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	15.17	93
2. High-tech exports	9.99	75
3. PCT patent applications	0.07	77
4. Labour productivity per employee	13.29	80

1. Happiness	63.96	45
2. Freedom to make life choices	78.91	42
3. Income inequality	48.16	89
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	69.6	44

1. Access to basic services	88.12	79
2. Pollution	89.64	37
3. Road safety	41.88	88
4. Reading proficiency in schools	62.02	47
5. Maths proficiency in schools	52.24	39
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	52.83	83
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	19.95	90
3. Use of virtual social networks	70.89	21
5. Tertiary enrolment	32.46	66
5. Adult literacy rate	88.92	59
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	77.5	21
2. Internet shopping	7.7	81
3. Professionals	17.78	82
4. Technicians and associate professionals	20.11	87
5. Extent of staff training	25.92	101
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	4.75	53

1. Government online services	70	63
2. Publication and use of open data	21.62	66
3.ICT use and government efficiency	43.65	61
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	21.76	66

1. Rule of law	38.96	97
2. Software piracy rate	28.38	70
3. Secure Internet servers	47.61	79
4. Cybersecurity	38.16	96
5. Online trust and safety	47.49	70

1. Regulatory quality	31.81	114
2. Ease of doing business	48.62	104
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	31.62	92
4. E-commerce legislation	75	66
5. Social safety net protection	46.66	53
6. ICT regulatory environment	86.3	56

1. E-Participation	63.06	78
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	32.57	110
3. Availability of local online content	35.46	90
4. Gender gap in internet use	63.21	33
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	52.47	92