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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Ecuador: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Ecuador is placed 121st of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 110.14 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 5.9 (2024).
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121st
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Ecuador on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
110.14
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 50th of 177 by UNCTAD
Ecuador: 110.14. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in South America
- 208.26 Colombia
- Land neighbours
- Colombia 208.26 · Peru 136.69
5.9
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Ecuador: 5.9. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in South America
- 1.5 Uruguay
- Land neighbours
- Colombia 6.2 · Peru 1.7
No reading
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Ecuador, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in South America
- 3.2 Brazil
- Land neighbours
- Colombia 2.9 · Peru 3
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.05
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Ecuador: 0.05. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in South America
- 0.35 Colombia
- Land neighbours
- Colombia 0.35 · Peru 0.04
02Over time
Which way Ecuador is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
EcuadorWorld median
Ecuador rose from 73.91 in 2006 to 113.91 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Ecuador World median 2026 113.91 56.21 2025 110.14 60.84 2024 113.94 55.22 2023 116.13 54.78 2022 110.10 51.49 2021 100.57 52.64 2020 106.89 47.86 2019 102.21 51.05 2018 92.84 52.03 2017 101.41 49.87 2016 100.45 48.09 2015 100.86 49.13 2014 87.79 48.08 2013 89.51 51.32 2012 80.26 47.44 2011 98.45 50.26 2010 103.13 50.51 2009 84.85 53.04 2008 76.90 51.68 2007 68.19 55.78 2006 73.91 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
EcuadorWorld median
Ecuador rose from 2.6 in 2007 to 2.882 in 2018; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.706.
Every year’s figures
Year Ecuador World median 2023 — 2.900 2018 2.88 2.706 2016 2.78 2.734 2014 2.71 2.753 2012 2.76 2.773 2010 2.77 2.746 2007 2.60 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
EcuadorWorld median
Ecuador rose from 0.03 in 2000 to 0.05 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Ecuador World median 2024 0.05 0.975000 2023 0.07 0.690000 2022 0.06 0.565000 2021 0.04 0.550000 2020 0.05 0.680000 2019 0.05 0.625000 2018 0.08 0.480000 2017 0.11 0.630000 2016 0.10 0.865000 2015 0.08 0.790000 2014 0.05 0.760000 2013 0.07 0.645000 2012 0.07 0.630000 2011 0.12 0.535000 2010 0.12 0.560000 2009 0.13 0.780000 2008 0.21 0.595000 2007 0.23 0.660000 2006 0.27 0.445000 2005 0.23 0.570000 2004 0.08 0.535000 2003 0.10 0.530000 2002 0.12 0.510000 2001 0.04 0.490000 2000 0.03 0.430000
03In context
Ecuador beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Ecuador and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peru | 60th | 136.69 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.04 |
 Colombia | 85th | 208.26 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 0.35 |
| Ecuador | 121st | 110.14 | 5.9 | — | 0.05 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South America
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Ecuador in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Ecuador is ahead of the world, and behind
26 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Ecuador does better than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.0430.206▲ Improved since 2015
Ecuador: 0.043 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 118th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.21.8621.2▲ Improved since 2015
Ecuador: 1.862 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 54th of 176 · derived.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2252.2963.225▼ Worsened since 2016
Ecuador: 2.296 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 64th of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which Ecuador does worse than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4567.9214.456No earlier reading
Ecuador: 7.921 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 47th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.429.86925.42▼ Worsened since 2016
Ecuador: 9.869 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 131st of 170 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4742.5067.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Ecuador: 2.506 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 91st of 118 · derived.
No better end20
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1795.0367.17Moved since 2014
Ecuador: 95.03 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23127.61103.23Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 127.61 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4511,243,065444,451No real change since 2015
Ecuador: 1,243,065 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323747,749223,323Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 747,749 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8368,5711,836Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 8,571 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.665.193.66Moved since 2012
Ecuador: 5.19 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26926,42812,269Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 26,428 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7882,567,0401,827,788Moved since 2014
Ecuador: 2,567,040 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 46th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73554.01275.73Moved since 2016
Ecuador: 554.01 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.3040.306Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 0.304 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.839.642.8Moved since 2012
Ecuador: 39.6 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0894.1236.089Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 4.123 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3431.4436.34Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 31.44 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 81st of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2793.3465.279Moved since 2013
Ecuador: 3.346 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6859.3679.68Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 59.36 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 93rd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-1.221-0.133Moved since 2013
Ecuador: -1.221 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7227.9241.72Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 27.92 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 106th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.1241.235Moved since 2014
Ecuador: 0.124 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6023.1699.602Moved since 2015
Ecuador: 3.169 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1710.3696.171Moved since 2016
Ecuador: 0.369 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
No current reading for Ecuador
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2023) and Logistics Performance Index (last 2018). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Ecuador’s 16 topics
Mobility & Trade is Ecuador’s 13th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability31st of 1863/4 keys
- Energy36th of 1653/3 keys
- Work & Labour46th of 1824/4 keys
- Gender & Equality52nd of 1834/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 87th of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 87th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation90th of 1764/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital102nd of 1963/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing105th of 2004/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions103rd of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties123rd of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture118th of 1844/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade121st of 1773/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality111th of 1593/3 keys
- Peace & Security134th of 1774/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 165th of 1934/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Ecuador can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States7th4/4 keysHighest in South America
Uruguay37th3/4 keysThis page
Ecuador121st3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Ecuador and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Ecuador on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Ecuador rank on mobility & trade?
Ecuador is placed 121st of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Ecuador?
110.14 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Ecuador?
5.9 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Ecuador compare with Colombia on mobility & trade?
Colombia is placed 85th of 177, and Ecuador 121st. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Colombia 208.26, Ecuador 110.14; Container Import Dwell Time: Colombia 6.2, Ecuador 5.9; ICT Goods Exports: Colombia 0.35, Ecuador 0.05.
How have Ecuador’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 73.91 in 2006 to 113.91 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.6 in 2007 to 2.882 in 2018; ICT Goods Exports rose from 0.03 in 2000 to 0.05 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Ecuador?
No current reading is published for Ecuador on FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary and Logistics Performance Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 26 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Ecuador’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Ecuador (banner) — Phelipemancheno, CC0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Ecuador: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/ecuador/mobility