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    Ecuador

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    Americas · #91 of 117 global markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    40.6▼ -1.4 YoY
    ●●○0.76IEPA COMPOSITE
    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420262835424956
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202400.350.71.051.4
    IE FDI intelligence · synced weekly
    PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    #110of 145 ranked economies▼ 11 places since 2010
    How much productive know-how this market has demonstrated, read from the range and rarity of what it makes competitively.
    20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202498106114128
    CAPABILITY RANK · HIGHER IS BETTER
    2.08% / yr
    Implied growth
    Annual growth the current capability base points to.
    71
    Diversity
    Distinct products made at competitive scale.
    -0.84
    Capability score
    Standardized: 0 is the world average.
    -1.13
    Outlook
    Value of the new products within reach of what it already does.
    INDUSTRY STRENGTHS · REVEALED FROM TRADE EVIDENCE
    VINTAGE 2022-2024
    POSITION IN THE PRODUCT SPACE
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Agriculture20 of 200 made · 28% of the rest within reach
    Minerals4 of 48 made · 20% of the rest within reach
    Construction, Building, and Home Supplies6 of 104 made · 12% of the rest within reach
    Textile and Home Goods4 of 78 made · 24% of the rest within reach
    Textile Apparel and Accessories1 of 50 made · 10% of the rest within reach
    Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts2 of 155 made · 4% of the rest within reach
    Industrial Chemicals and Metals1 of 157 made · 6% of the rest within reach
    Electronic and Electrical Goods0 of 73 made · 0% of the rest within reach
    MADE COMPETITIVELYONE STEP AWAY
    Electronic and Electrical Goods is the furthest: 0% made, and only 0% of the rest is within one step. A move there means building capability rather than extending it.
    READ ON THE 38 OF 71 COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS THAT CARRY A POSITION IN THE CAPABILITY MAP
    POSITIONED TO BUILD NEXT
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    No product currently sits close enough to this market’s export base to read as a credible next step. Concentrated export structures show exactly this pattern: of the 450 products assessed, even the nearest remain well outside current capability.
    Read that as a diagnosis, not a gap in the data. Diversification from here starts with building new capability rather than extending what already exists.
    LIVE SIGNALS
    No recent scored signals for this market.
    PEERS · EXTENDED
    🇱🇾Libya40.7→🇿🇲Zambia40.7→🇦🇷Argentina41.0→🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago41.3→
    ECOSYSTEM DENSITY
    IE Ecosystem Registry · 2026-07-17
    191organizations indexed across 7 types · 187 mapped
    Universities & research bodies
    109
    Research organizations
    22
    Health research
    22
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    21
    Government bodies
    13
    Science & tech parks
    2
    Corporate R&D
    2
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    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 191 indexed
    Parque Científico y Tecnológico UTPL
    Science & tech parks · Loja
    ZEDE del Litoral
    Science & tech parks · Guayalquil
    Central University of Ecuador
    Universities & research bodies · Quito · 1651
    Universidad Nacional de Loja
    Universities & research bodies · Loja · 1859
    Roche (Ecuador)
    Corporate R&D · Quito · 1896
    Eduplanet SAS (Ecuador)
    Corporate R&D · Quito · 2023
    National Archives of Ecuador
    Research organizations · Quito · 1884
    Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil
    Research organizations · Guayaquil · 1888
    Hospital Luis Vernaza
    Health research · Guayaquil · 1564
    Hospital Psiquiátrico San Lázaro
    Health research · Quito · 1785
    Ministerio de Salud Pública
    Government bodies · Quito · 1967
    AsiriLabs
    Fab labs & makerspaces · Guayaquil
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