South America · Capital Quito

Ecuador

Ecuador's best placing is 22nd of 193 for airports.

Best placing: #22Airports
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 18.3 million
Land area: 248,360 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Ecuador is.

Airports

#22 of 193

317 airports

6th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#23 of 179

2,274 mm of precipitation per year

4th in South America · World Bank · 2022

Airports per person

#48 of 192

17.33 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#49 of 194

123,050 km² of forest

11th in South America · World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#49 of 194

49.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#49 of 191

12.76 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest per person

#53 of 194

0.0067 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#62 of 182

130,320,560,400 US$ (current prices)

6th in South America · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#52 of 151

2,237 km of coastline

7th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population

#70 of 195

18,289,896 people

7th in South America · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#76 of 194

248,360 km² of land

9th in South America · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#81 of 194

0.014 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#93 of 182

7,125 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#114 of 194

73.64 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#90 of 135

965 km of railway

8th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Railways by area

#100 of 133

3.89 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Railways per person

#101 of 134

52.76 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

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