The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

of domestic credit:

      $14.92 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 86 $12.31 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $4.248 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 83 $4.562 billion (31 December 2008)

      $4.266 billion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp

      Industries:

      petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals

      Industrial production growth rate:

      2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 127

      Electricity - production:

      16.42 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 75

      Electricity - consumption:

      15.81 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 75

      Electricity - exports:

      20.68 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      1.12 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Oil - production:

      485,700 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

      Oil - consumption:

      181,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 58

      Oil - exports:

      327,600 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 37

      Oil - imports:

      54,190 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 82

      Oil - proved reserves:

      6.542 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22

      Natural gas - production:

      260 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 71

      Natural gas - consumption:

      260 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 99

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 63

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 88

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      7.985 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82

      Current account balance:

      -$692 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 125 -$337.4 million (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $17.37 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 72 $14.35 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, hemp, wood, fish

      Exports - partners:

      US 33.5%, Peru 6.8%, Chile 6.5%, Columbia 4.9%, Colombia 4.58%,

       Russia 4.11% (2009)

      Imports:

      $17.65 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 76 $14.27 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      industrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable consumer goods

      Imports - partners:

      US 25.4%, Columbia 10.6%, Venezuela 6.5%, Brazil 4.5%, Brazil 4.35% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $3.59 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 83 $3.792 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $14.71 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 78 $13.48 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $12.3 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 78 $11.95 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $NA (31 December 2010 est.)

      $8.019 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      1 (2010), 1 (2009)

      note: the US dollar is legal tender

      Communications ::Ecuador

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      2.004 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 56

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      13.635 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 52

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded

      domestic: fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; fixed-line teledensity stands at about 14 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular use has surged and subscribership reached about 95 per 100 persons in 2009

      international: country code - 593; landing points for the PAN-AM and South America-1 submarine cables that provide links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      private broadcast media dominate; all stations are privately-owned except for 1 government-controlled station; multiple television networks, a number of national TV channels, and a large number of local channels; more than 400 radio stations; broadcast media required by law to give the government free air time to broadcast programs produced by the state (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .ec

      Internet hosts:

      67,975 (2010) country comparison to the world: 82

      Internet users:

      3.352 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 64

      Transportation ::Ecuador

      Airports:

      428 (2010) country comparison to the world: 18

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 105

      over 3,047 m: 3

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 17

      914 to 1,523 m: 25

      under 914 m: 55 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 323

      914 to 1,523 m: 39

      under 914 m: 284 (2010)

      Heliports:

      2 (2010)

      Pipelines:

      extra heavy crude 435 km; gas 5 km; oil 1,374 km; refined products 1,301 km (2009)

      Railways:

      total: 965 km country