Ecuador

Official Name:	The Republic of Ecuador
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republica del Ecuador
ISO Country Codes:	EC : ECU
Internet Domain:	.ec
Government Web Site:	https://www.presidencia.gob.ec/

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Capital:	Quito	Main Airports:	José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	17,289,554
Currency:	US Dollar	ISO Currency Code:	USD
Telephone Dial In:	+593	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

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Political & Cultural Organisations:

Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Comunidad Andina; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina; Union of South American Nations;

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Ecuador

Government Website:	https://www.presidencia.gob.ec/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/ecuador
Central Bank:	Banco Central del Ecuador
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	The US dollar became Ecuador's currency in 2001
Unemployment Rate:	5.71% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line:	25% (2019 est.)
Inflation Rate:	0.2% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	7.92% (31-Dec-17 - Photius)
GDP:	$189.88 billion (2021 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$10,700 (2021 est.)
Currency Name:	US Dollar
Currency Code:	USD
World Bank Classification:	Upper-Middle-Income Economy

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	6.2%	bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, cassava (manioc, tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; fish, shrimp; balsa wood
Industry:	34%	petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals
Services:	59.8%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil ; Bolsa de Valores de Quito ;

National Statistics Office:

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Ecuador

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

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Business Language(s):	Spanish
Customs & Excise:	Aduana del Ecuador
Development Bank(s):	Development Bank of Latin America; Inter-American Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 90/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 101/180 (2022 Rank)
Ease of Doing Business: N/A	Enabling Trade Index: 81/136 (2016)
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