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    Ecuador

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    Americas · #89 of 117 global markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    40.7▼ -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
    201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212023202500.350.71.051.4
    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
    LIVE SIGNALS
    No recent scored signals for this market.
    PEERS · EXTENDED
    🇿🇦South Africa42.3→🇦🇿Azerbaijan42.3→🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago41.2→🇦🇷Argentina41.0→
    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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