Ecuador

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    16,863,425 1
    Urban
    63.8% 1
    Rural
    36.2% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    4.4% 2
    Homicides
    14.02 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Level of Public Corruption
    34 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
    Fertility Rate
    2.00 live births per woman 5
    Under-Five Mortality Rate
    12.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    74 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    91.85% 6
    Male Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    98% 5
    Female Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    99% 5
    Internet Users
    70% 6
    GDP per Capita
    US$6,184 5
    Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
    3.2% 7
    Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
    50 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    1.6 - Low
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    0.8 - Low

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    15,240,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    86.99
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    125,308
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    23,307
    First Communions per Year
    128,315
    Confirmations per Year
    117,374
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    195,610
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    133,657
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    83,871
    Church Marriages per Year
    10,110
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    10,002
    Priests
    2,131
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    4,185
    Catholics per Priest
    7,152
    Parishes
    1,285
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    558
    Catholic Hospitals
    26
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    47