Ecuador

GDP (PPP) per capita (2023): 16,062.02 Int. Dollar Population (2023): 17,980,083 HDI (2023): 0.78
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 125
Score: 42.1
Vulnerability 0.461
Readiness 0.303

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Ecuador places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Ecuador is the 68th most vulnerable country and the 135th most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Ranking
135
135
138
139
142
141
140
138
133
134
130
131
126
123
123
126
124
120
124
125
127
121
119
116
116
119
120
122
125
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2004 to 2023 Score
Vulnerability
0.461
Food
0.447
Projected change of cereal yields
0.867
Projected population change
0.281
Food import dependency
0.203
Rural population
0.379
Agriculture capacity
0.918
Child malnutrition
0.037
Water
0.342
Projected change of annual runoff
0.487
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.322
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.019
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
0.891
Access to reliable drinking water
0.334
Health
0.509
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.364
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.659
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.011
Slum population
0.583
Medical staff
0.847
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.591
Ecosystem Services
0.565
Projected change of biome distribution
0.541
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.858
Natural capital dependency
0.762
Ecological footprint
0.178
Protected biome
0.449
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.599
Human Habitat
0.664
Projected change of warm periods
0.694
Projected change of flood hazard
0.764
Urban concentration
0.621
Age dependency ratio
0.465
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.585
Paved roads
0.859
Infrastructure
0.240
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.432
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.112
Dependency on imported energy
0
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.436
Electricity access
0.013
Disaster preparedness
0.450