The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (50/100) — sharpest risk, active armed conflict.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 50/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 36/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 40/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 46/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 43/100 | Political Continuity & Legitimacy |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −4 | now 50, versus 54 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 47/100 | Pandemic 62 · Banking Crisis 41 · War / Conflict 39 · Natural Disaster 47 |
| Strategic Position | 50/100 | Demographics 77 · Resources 19 · Stability 43 · Education 78 · Technology 46 · Geopolitics 38 |
Ecuador scores 43 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 4 points versus three years ago (now 50). Its strongest area is Economy (50/100). The risk drawing attention: Active armed conflict.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Ecuador scores 43 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (50/100) and its weakest is Governance (36/100).
Ecuador's Stability score is 43 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Ecuador's Economy score is 50 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Ecuador's Quality of Life score is 40 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Ecuador's Governance score is 36 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Ecuador's Innovation score is 46 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Ecuador is down 4 points versus three years ago — 50 now, from 54 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Ecuador's defining asset is tertiary enrolment (gross), while its sharpest risk is active armed conflict — active organized-violence party this year (UCDP current-year toll).
Ecuador's Strategic Position score is 50 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Ecuador scores 47 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 47/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.