$14.92 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 86 $12.31 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$4.248 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 83 $4.562 billion (31 December 2008)
$4.266 billion (31 December 2007)
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:
2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 127
Electricity - production:
16.42 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 75
Electricity - consumption:
15.81 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 75
Electricity - exports:
20.68 million kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
1.12 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oil - production:
485,700 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 32
Oil - consumption:
181,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 58
Oil - exports:
327,600 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 37
Oil - imports:
54,190 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 82
Oil - proved reserves:
6.542 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22
Natural gas - production:
260 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 71
Natural gas - consumption:
260 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 99
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 63
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 88
Natural gas - proved reserves:
7.985 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82
Current account balance:
-$692 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 125 -$337.4 million (2009 est.)
Exports:
$17.37 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 72 $14.35 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, hemp, wood, fish
Exports - partners:
US 33.5%, Peru 6.8%, Chile 6.5%, Columbia 4.9%, Colombia 4.58%,
Russia 4.11% (2009)
Imports:
$17.65 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 76 $14.27 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
industrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable consumer goods
Imports - partners:
US 25.4%, Columbia 10.6%, Venezuela 6.5%, Brazil 4.5%, Brazil 4.35% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.59 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 83 $3.792 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$14.71 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 78 $13.48 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$12.3 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 78 $11.95 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA (31 December 2010 est.)
$8.019 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
1 (2010), 1 (2009)
note: the US dollar is legal tender
Communications ::Ecuador
Telephones - main lines in use:
2.004 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 56
Telephones - mobile cellular:
13.635 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 52
Telephone system:
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded
domestic: fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; fixed-line teledensity stands at about 14 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular use has surged and subscribership reached about 95 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 593; landing points for the PAN-AM and South America-1 submarine cables that provide links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009)
Broadcast media:
private broadcast media dominate; all stations are privately-owned except for 1 government-controlled station; multiple television networks, a number of national TV channels, and a large number of local channels; more than 400 radio stations; broadcast media required by law to give the government free air time to broadcast programs produced by the state (2007)
Internet country code:
.ec
Internet hosts:
67,975 (2010) country comparison to the world: 82
Internet users:
3.352 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 64
Transportation ::Ecuador
Airports:
428 (2010) country comparison to the world: 18
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 105
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 25
under 914 m: 55 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 323
914 to 1,523 m: 39
under 914 m: 284 (2010)
Heliports:
2 (2010)
Pipelines:
extra heavy crude 435 km; gas 5 km; oil 1,374 km; refined products 1,301 km (2009)
Railways:
total: 965 km country