The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

of $1.6 billion (2003)

      Public debt:

       53.7% of GDP (2003)

      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:

       5.3% (2003 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       75.23 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       69.96 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       421,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       129,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       2.358 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

      Natural gas - production:

       160 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       160 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       106.5 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

      Current account balance:

       $-117 million (2003)

      Exports:

       $6.073 billion (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp

      Exports - partners:

       US 42.4%, Colombia 5.7%, Germany 5.6% (2003)

      Imports:

       $6.22 billion (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       consumer goods, industrial raw materials, capital goods

      Imports - partners:

       US 23.9%, Colombia 12.8%, Venezuela 7.1%, Brazil 6.1%, Chile 4.8%,

       Japan 4.2% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $1.161 billion (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $15.69 billion (2003)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $120 million (2001)

      Currency:

       US dollar (USD)

      Currency code:

       USD

      Exchange rates:

       Ecuador formally adopted the US dollar as legal tender in March 2000

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Ecuador

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       1.549 million (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       2,394,400 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded

       domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable

       international: country code - 593; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)

      Radios:

       5 million (2001)

      Television broadcast stations:

       7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)

      Televisions:

       2.5 million (2001)

      Internet country code:

       .ec

      Internet hosts:

       3,188 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       31 (2001)

      Internet users:

       569,700 (2003)

      Transportation Ecuador

      Railways: total: 966 km narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

      Highways: total: 43,197 km paved: 8,164 km unpaved: 35,033 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)

      Pipelines:

       extra heavy crude 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,386 km; refined products

       1,185 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San

       Lorenzo

      Merchant marine:

       total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 241,403 GRT/391,898 DWT

       foreign-owned: Greece 1, Paraguay 1, Peru 1

       registered in other countries: 3 (2004 est.)

       by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 1, passenger 5,

       petroleum tanker 21, specialized tanker 1

      Airports:

       205 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 62 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 19 under 914 m: 18 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 143 914 to 1,523 m: 30 under 914 m: 113 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (2003 est.)

      Military Ecuador

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 20 years of age for conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2004)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 3,440,371 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 2,315,808 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 132,476 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $650 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.4% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Ecuador

      Disputes - international: the continuing civil disorder in Colombia has created a serious refugee crisis in neighboring states, especially