The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

expenditures: planned $7.3 billion, including capital expenditures

       of $1.6 billion (2004 est.)

      Public debt:

       49.2% of GDP (2004 est.)

      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:

       10% (2004 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       11.54 billion kWh (2002)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 81% hydro: 19% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       10.79 billion kWh (2002)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Electricity - imports:

       57 million kWh (2002)

      Oil - production:

       523,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       129,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       387,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

      Oil - imports:

       NA

      Oil - proved reserves:

       4.408 billion bbl (2004 est.)

      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 (2004)

      Current account balance:

       $261.1 million (2004 est.)

      Exports:

       $7.56 billion (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp

      Exports - partners:

       US 42.9%, Panama 14.3%, Peru 7.9%, Italy 4.6% (2004)

      Imports:

       $7.65 billion (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       vehicles, medicinal products, telecommunications equipment,

       electricity

      Imports - partners:

       US 16.5%, Colombia 14.1%, China 9.2%, Venezuela 7.1%, Brazil 6.5%,

       Chile 4.6%, Japan 4.5%, Mexico 4.3% (2004)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

       $1.436 billion (December 2004 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $16.81 billion (2004 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $216 million (2002)

      Currency (code):

       US dollar (USD)

      Currency code:

       USD

      Exchange rates:

       25,000 (2004), 25,000 (2003), 25,000 (2002), 25,000 (2001), 24,988

       (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 (2004)

      Highways: total: 43,197 km paved: 8,164 km unpaved: 35,033 km (2002)

      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

      Merchant marine:

       total: 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 241,403 GRT/391,898 DWT

       by type: chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 1, passenger 8, petroleum

       tanker 20

       foreign-owned: 3 (Germany 1, Greece 1, Paraguay 1) (2005)

      Airports:

       205 (2004 est.)

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

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

      Heliports: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Ecuador

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard),

       Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE)

      Military service age and obligation:

       20 years of age for conscript military service; 12-month service

       obligation (2004)

      Manpower available for military service:

       males age 20–49: 2,792,770 (2005 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

       males age 20–49: 2,338,428 (2005 est.)

      Manpower reaching military service age annually:

       males: 133,922 (2005 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: