A slowdown in 2023
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Updated in January 2024.
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GDP | USD115.0bn (World ranking 63, World Bank 2022) |
Population | 18.0mn (World ranking 66, World Bank 2022) |
Form of state | Presidential Republic |
Head of government | Daniel Noboa (President) |
Next elections | 2025, presidential and legislative |
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Significant oil reserves
- Unexploited mining resources
- Dollarization of the economy limits transfer and currency risk and anchors inflation
- Recently improved road network
- Major exporter of bananas, cocoa and palm oil
- High tourism potential linked to biodiversity
- Dependence on oil production and high vulnerability to global oil prices
- Monetary policy limited by dollarization
- Low level of FX reserves
- Limited access to international capital markets due to successive debt defaults
- High rates of informal employment
- Rise in violence linked to gangs, organized crime and political crises
Economic Overview
Trade structure by destination/origin
(% of total, 2022)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
---|---|---|
United States
24.2%
|
1 |
27.1%
China
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China
22.1%
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2 |
24.2%
United States
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Panama
11.0%
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3 |
5.4%
Colombia
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Chile
5.4%
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4 |
3.9%
Brazil
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Russian Federation
3.8%
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5 |
3.3%
Argentina
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Trade structure by product
(% of total, 2022)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
---|---|---|
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
35.2%
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1 |
19.4%
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
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Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof
26.3%
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2 |
7.2%
Road vehicles
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Vegetables and fruits
15.6%
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3 |
4.7%
Iron and steel
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Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
4.8%
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4 |
4.5%
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
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Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.s.
3.8%
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5 |
4.3%
Other industrial machinery and parts
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