Social indicators[1]
Population: 18.35M
GDP: USD 124.7B
Gini Index: 45.2
Population growth: 0.86 %/year
GDP per capita: USD 6,874 USD
Human Development Index: 0.777
Major disasters[2]
1949 - Ambato Earthquake
6,000 Deaths
Loss 7.1% GDP
1987 - 1987 Earthquakes
5,000 Deaths
Loss 10.7% GDP
2016 - 2016 Earthquake
672 Deaths
Loss 2.1% GDP
Built environment (exposure)[3]
Replacement cost
Replacement cost (USD billions)
Residential
508.4
Commercial
63.4
Industrial
36.4
Total
608.2
Residential (83.6%)
Commercial (10.4%)
Industrial (6%)
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Historical loss exceedance curves[4]
General statistics
Catalog period:
1981 - 2024
Total reported losses:
$ 22,383M
Average annual losses:
$ 1,219.53M
Maximum individual loss:
$ 4,141M
Distribution by disaster type
Hydrological (49.8%)
Geophysical (42.8%)
Climatological (7%)
Meteorological (0.4%)
Other (0%)
Historical catalog
Historical Economic Loss Exceedance Curve
Hazard layers[5]
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References
1. World Development Indicators (2024). Washington DC. The World Bank. Available at: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators 2. EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database EM-DAT. (2008) Available at: https://www.emdat.be/ 3. Country/Territory Seismic Risk Profiles of the GEM Foundation (2023), Available at: https://github.com/gem/risk-profiles/ 4. DesInventar Version 9.20.04 - 2020. Available at https://db.desinventar.org