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Ecuador

Latin America & Caribbean · Quito

Rank #71 of 173

30.4Strength score

Photos

USNS Comfort Arrives in Manta, Ecuador (9165732)
USNS Comfort Arrives in Manta, Ecuador (9165732)U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ethan Mccubbins · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Ecuadorian navy ship ESMERALDAS
Ecuadorian navy ship ESMERALDASPH1 CHRIS DESMOND, USN · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
3 Ecuadoran air force aircraft
3 Ecuadoran air force aircraftSSGT GUS GARCIA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

  • Finance79
  • Air power—
  • Manpower71
  • Land forces—
  • Naval power—
  • Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget
$2.7B #60
Budget as % of GDP
2.10% #65
Spending per person
$150 #69
GDP
$130.3B #63
Population
18,289,896 #70

Manpower

Active personnel
42,000 (World Bank figure) #78
Reserve personnel
—
Paramilitary
—
Total personnel
42,000 #81

Land forces

Tanks
—
Armoured vehicles
—
Self-propelled artillery
—
Towed artillery
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Rocket launchers (MLRS)
—

Air power

Total aircraft
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Fighter jets
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Attack aircraft & bombers
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Transport aircraft
—
Helicopters
—
Attack helicopters
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Naval power

Total naval vessels
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Aircraft carriers
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Helicopter carriers
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Submarines
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Destroyers
—
Frigates
—
Corvettes
—
Patrol vessels
—

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
—

Weapons Ecuador uses (10)

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SEPECAT JaguarSEPECAT JaguarFighter aircraft Lockheed F-80 Shooting StarLockheed F-80 Shooting StarFighter aircraft Esmeraldas-class corvetteEsmeraldas-class corvetteCorvettes Fincantieri-class corvetteFincantieri-class corvetteCorvettes BAE EsmeraldasBAE EsmeraldasCorvettes BAE ManabíBAE ManabíCorvettes BAE Los RiosBAE Los RiosCorvettes BAE El OroBAE El OroCorvettes Quito-class fast attack craftFast attack craft TNC-45Fast attack craft

Weapons made in Ecuador (1)

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Esmeraldas-class corvetteEsmeraldas-class corvetteCorvettes

Others in the region

  1. 21Brazil67.6 VS
  2. 33Colombia62.2 VS
  3. 34Chile62.2 VS
  4. 36Mexico60.4 VS
  5. 42Argentina58.4 VS
  6. 52Venezuela, RB32.3 VS
  7. 54Peru31.7 VS
  8. 78Dominican Republic30.0 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)