Ecuador

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 10,895.77 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 17,643,060 HDI (2020): 0.76
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 110
Score: 44.4
Vulnerability 0.447
Readiness 0.335

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 77th most vulnerable country and the 134th 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
Ranking
121
121
122
123
127
128
127
128
126
121
122
119
123
122
122
122
120
119
121
116
116
112
111
110
110
110
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.447
Food
0.419
Projected change of cereal yields
0.867
Projected population change
0.281
Food import dependency
0.207
Rural population
0.386
Agriculture capacity
0.602
Child malnutrition
0.168
Water
0.343
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
0.889
Access to reliable drinking water
0.340
Health
0.456
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
0.004
Slum population
0.206
Medical staff
0.909
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.596
Ecosystem Services
0.563
Projected change of biome distribution
0.541
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.858
Natural capital dependency
0.762
Ecological footprint
0.171
Protected biome
0.449
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.599
Human Habitat
0.675
Projected change of warm periods
0.694
Projected change of flood hazard
0.764
Urban concentration
0.614
Age dependency ratio
0.538
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.585
Paved roads
0.859
Infrastructure
0.228
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.432
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.112
Dependency on imported energy
0.299
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.300
Electricity access
0.012
Disaster preparedness
0.213