Ecuador
Download Report Key Indicators
| Income Group | Upper-middle income |
| Regional Group | The Americas |
| Population (Total) | 17,084,357 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.22% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 108,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.13% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 11,714 |
Performance Overview
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 |