Environment
Ecuador
Climate
tropical near the coast, transitioning to cooler temperatures inland at elevated regions; tropical within the lowlands of the Amazon jungle
Geoparks
global geoparks and regional networks
Imbabura: Napo Sumaco; Tungurahua (2025)
total global geoparks and regional networks
3 (2025)
Land use
other
28.6% (2023 est.)
forest
49.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
21.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 4.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 5.6% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 11.8% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
64.8% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
1.62% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Methane emissions
other
2.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)
waste
210.1 kt (2019-2021 est.)
energy
454.3 kt (2022-2024 est.)
agriculture
346.3 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling
municipal solid waste generated annually
5.297 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled
28% (2022 est.)
Environmental issues
deforestation; erosion of soil; desertification; contamination of water; pollution resulting from oil extraction waste in regions of the Amazon Basin and the Galapagos Islands
Total water withdrawal
municipal
1.293 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial
549 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural
8.076 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
total emissions
38.286 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas
536,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke
39,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids
37.711 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
17.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources
442.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
International environmental agreements
party to
Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements