Ecuador

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Ecuador
Misc
Country CodeEC
Geography
Area (sq km)283,561
Coastline (km)2,237
Highest Point (m)
Average Elevation (m)1,117
People
Population16,498,502
Median Age28.10
Growth Rate1.25 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)17.60
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)5.10
Urban Population63.80 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)64.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)15.90
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)9.20 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)2.05
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)1.50
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)19.90 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)5.00 %
School life (years)16
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)7.90 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)193.000 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)2.40 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)11,500
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)25.90 %

See Also

South America
South America is the fourth largest continent, the southern of the two Americas continents of the Western Hemisphere.