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Colombia vs Ecuador

126 shared metrics.

ColombiaLeads in 78

vs126 shared

EcuadorLeads in 48

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Colombia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Colombia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Colombia is South America's rare two-coast country, touching both Caribbean and Pacific waters.

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Ecuador

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Ecuador.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Ecuador takes its name from the Equator, which crosses the country.

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Analysis

Colombia leads in 78 of 126 shared metrics, while Ecuador leads in 48.

Colombia's Solar Electricity Share is 45.3x that of Ecuador (5.1% vs 0.11%).

Colombia's Domestic Patents is 11.3x that of Ecuador (432 vs 35).

Colombia's Armed Forces Personnel is 9.2x that of Ecuador (428.0K vs 42.0K).

Colombia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 8.3x that of Ecuador (3.3% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Colombia's Air Passengers is 8.3x that of Ecuador (42.40M vs 4.57M).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareColombia leads

Colombia

5.1%

Ecuador

0.11%

Domestic PatentsColombia leads

Colombia

432

Ecuador

Armed Forces PersonnelColombia leads

Colombia

428.0K

Ecuador

42.0K

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Colombia leads

Colombia

3.3% of GDP

Ecuador

0.35% of GDP

Air PassengersColombia leads

Colombia

42.40M

Ecuador

4.57M

Foreign PatentsColombia leads

Colombia

1.9K

Ecuador

373

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Colombia

5.1%

Ecuador

0.11%

4527% higher

Domestic Patents

Colombia

432

Ecuador

1134% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Colombia

428.0K

Ecuador

42.0K

919% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Colombia

3.3% of GDP

Ecuador

0.35% of GDP

830% higher

Air Passengers

Colombia

42.40M

Ecuador

4.57M

828% higher

Foreign Patents

Colombia

1.9K

Ecuador

373

397% higher

Forest Area

Colombia

585.4K km²

Ecuador

123.1K km²

376% higher

Land Area

Colombia

1.11M km²

Ecuador

248.4K km²

347% higher

Inflation Rate

Colombia

6.6%

Ecuador

1.5%

340% higher

Mobile Money Accounts

Colombia

39.15% of adults

Ecuador

10.08% of adults

288% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Colombia

38 medals

Ecuador

10 medals

280% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Colombia

$418,818,154,879.27

Ecuador

$124,676,074,700

236% higher

Land Border Length

Colombia

6.7K km

Ecuador

2.2K km

198% higher

Tourism Revenue

Colombia

$1,959,000,000

Ecuador

$705,000,000

178% higher

Scientific Publications

Colombia

9.7K

Ecuador

3.6K

171% higher

Population

Colombia

49.84M

Ecuador

18.48M

170% higher

Electricity Generation

Colombia

87.51 TWh

Ecuador

33 TWh

165% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Colombia

21.05M kW

Ecuador

8.44M kW

150% higher

Border Neighbors

Colombia

5.0

Ecuador

2.0

150% higher

Water Withdrawal

Colombia

24.26 B m³

Ecuador

9.9 B m³

145% higher

Comparison of Colombia and Ecuador across 126 metrics
				Winner
Solar Electricity Share	5.1%	0.11%	4527% higher	Colombia
Domestic Patents	432	35	1134% higher	Colombia
Armed Forces Personnel	428.0K	42.0K	919% higher	Colombia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.3% of GDP	0.35% of GDP	830% higher	Colombia
Air Passengers	42.40M	4.57M	828% higher	Colombia
Foreign Patents	1.9K	373	397% higher	Colombia
Forest Area	585.4K km²	123.1K km²	376% higher	Colombia
Land Area	1.11M km²	248.4K km²	347% higher	Colombia
Inflation Rate	6.6%	1.5%	340% higher	Colombia
Mobile Money Accounts	39.15% of adults	10.08% of adults	288% higher	Colombia
All-Time Olympic Medals	38 medals	10 medals	280% higher	Colombia
GDP (Nominal)	$418,818,154,879.27	$124,676,074,700	236% higher	Colombia
Land Border Length	6.7K km	2.2K km	198% higher	Colombia
Tourism Revenue	$1,959,000,000	$705,000,000	178% higher	Colombia
Scientific Publications	9.7K	3.6K	171% higher	Colombia
Population	49.84M	18.48M	170% higher	Colombia
Electricity Generation	87.51 TWh	33 TWh	165% higher	Colombia
Electric Generating Capacity	21.05M kW	8.44M kW	150% higher	Colombia
Border Neighbors	5.0	2.0	150% higher	Colombia
Water Withdrawal	24.26 B m³	9.9 B m³	145% higher	Colombia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	280.03 per 1k people	118.37 per 1k people	137% higher	Colombia
Railway Length	2.1K km	965 km	122% higher	Colombia
Youth Unemployment Rate	17.65% of youth labor force	8.2% of youth labor force	116% higher	Colombia
Airports	662	320	107% higher	Colombia
Unemployment Rate	9.6%	4.8%	101% higher	Colombia
Total CO2 Emissions	95.08 Mt CO2e	47.96 Mt CO2e	98% higher	Colombia
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.7% of firms	14.4% of firms	81% lower	Ecuador
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	9.0 sites	5.0 sites	80% higher	Colombia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	174 per 100 people	102 per 100 people	71% higher	Colombia
Agricultural Land (%)	36.49%	21.54%	69% higher	Colombia
Wind Electricity Share	0.17%	0.52%	67% lower	Ecuador
Shipping Traffic	4.48M	2.68M	67% higher	Colombia
Alcohol Consumption	4.2 L/adult/yr	2.5 L/adult/yr	67% higher	Colombia
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Ecuador
Government Debt (% GDP)	71.48% of GDP	43.2% of GDP	65% higher	Colombia
Beer Consumption	2.8 L/person/yr	1.7 L/person/yr	64% higher	Colombia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	30.56% of firms	74.82% of firms	59% lower	Ecuador
Firms Making Informal Payments	5.4% of firms	12.84% of firms	58% lower	Ecuador
Renewable Energy (%)	29.7%	18.9%	57% higher	Colombia
Military Spending	3.4% of GDP	2.2% of GDP	51% higher	Colombia
Insufficient Physical Activity	34.02% of adults	22.46% of adults	51% higher	Colombia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	50% lower	Ecuador
Water Stress (%)	1.1%	2.2%	50% lower	Ecuador
Irrigated Land	6.5K km²	12.5K km²	48% lower	Ecuador
Exports (% GDP)	16.1% of GDP	30.28% of GDP	47% lower	Ecuador
Homicide Rate	24.91 per 100k	45.72 per 100k	46% lower	Ecuador
Liberal Democracy Index	0.56	0.39	44% higher	Colombia
Coastline Length	3.2K km	2.2K km	43% higher	Colombia
Spirits Consumption	0.63 L/person/yr	0.45 L/person/yr	41% higher	Colombia
Political Corruption Index	0.39	0.65	40% lower	Ecuador
Credit Card Ownership	8.7% of adults	14.4% of adults	40% lower	Ecuador
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.30 per 100k people	0.49 per 100k people	38% lower	Ecuador
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	11 days/yr	36% higher	Colombia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$21,508.78	$15,840.27	36% higher	Colombia
Population Density	47.16 /km²	72.4 /km²	35% lower	Ecuador
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	3.9% of GDP	35% higher	Colombia
Suicide Rate	5.0 per 100k	7.6 per 100k	34% lower	Ecuador
Women in Parliament (%)	29.41%	43.07%	32% lower	Ecuador
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	1.3 per 1k	31% higher	Colombia
CO2 Per Capita	1.8 t/person/yr	2.5 t/person/yr	31% lower	Ecuador
Road Traffic Death Rate	16.2 per 100k	23.4 per 100k	31% lower	Ecuador
Protected Land (%)	17%	23.6%	28% lower	Ecuador
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.77 hrs/week	34.13 hrs/week	25% higher	Colombia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	5.0 gold medals	4.0 gold medals	25% higher	Colombia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.4 per 1M people	1.8 per 1M people	25% lower	Ecuador
Meat Consumption per Person	55.91 kg/person/yr	45.22 kg/person/yr	24% higher	Colombia
Urban Population (%)	78.52%	63.24%	24% higher	Colombia
Milk Consumption per Person	108.47 kg/person/yr	139.6 kg/person/yr	22% lower	Ecuador
Imports (% GDP)	20.93% of GDP	26.92% of GDP	22% lower	Ecuador
Smoking Rate	8.2%	10.2%	20% lower	Ecuador
Inequality (Gini)	53.9	45.2	19% higher	Colombia
Informal Employment Share	56.01% of employed people	68.45% of employed people	18% lower	Ecuador
Tobacco Use Prevalence	8.3% of adults	10% of adults	17% lower	Ecuador
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	15.28% of GDP	13.09% of GDP	17% higher	Colombia
Youth Population (%)	20.27%	24.46%	17% lower	Ecuador
Elderly Population (%)	9.8%	8.3%	17% higher	Colombia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	186.81 gCO2/kWh	159.02 gCO2/kWh	17% higher	Colombia
Firms with Female Top Manager	24.6% of firms	21.05% of firms	17% higher	Colombia
Food Waste per Person	136.97 kg/person/yr	162.52 kg/person/yr	16% lower	Ecuador
Birth Rate	14.73 per 1k	17.42 per 1k	15% lower	Ecuador
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.18 µg/m³	16.66 µg/m³	15% lower	Ecuador
Freedom of Expression Index	0.81	0.71	15% higher	Colombia
Hypertension Prevalence	31% of adults	27.2% of adults	14% higher	Colombia
Digital Payments Used	49.23% of adults	43.3% of adults	14% higher	Colombia
University Enrollment Rate	59.29%	67.89%	13% lower	Ecuador
Obesity Rate	23.85%	26.98%	12% lower	Ecuador
Corruption Perceptions Index	37 pts	33 pts	12% higher	Colombia
Dependency Ratio	42.96% of working-age pop.	48.81% of working-age pop.	12% lower	Ecuador
Electoral Democracy Index	0.68	0.61	12% higher	Colombia
Median Age	31.6 years	28.4 years	11% higher	Colombia
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	2.2 children/woman	11% lower	Ecuador
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.5 per 1k	2.3 per 1k	10% higher	Colombia
High-Tech Exports (%)	9.0%	10.0%	10% lower	Ecuador
GNI Per Capita	$7,040	$6,430	9% higher	Colombia
Capital Elevation	2.6K m	2.9K m	9% lower	Ecuador
Highest Elevation	5.7K m	6.3K m	9% lower	Ecuador
Child Mortality	12 per 1k births	13.1 per 1k births	8% lower	Ecuador
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.9 kg/person/yr	8.3 kg/person/yr	8% higher	Colombia
Health Spending Per Capita	$534.44	$492.84	8% higher	Colombia
Teen Birth Rate	59.47 per 1k	55.53 per 1k	7% higher	Colombia
Forest Coverage (%)	52.77%	49.55%	7% higher	Colombia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	38.96 per 100k	36.51 per 100k	7% higher	Colombia
Women in Senior Management	41.9% of managers	45.28% of managers	7% lower	Ecuador
Broadband Access (%)	17 per 100 people	16 per 100 people	6% higher	Colombia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	74.34%	69.89%	6% higher	Colombia
Sanitation Access (%)	96.58%	91.2%	6% higher	Colombia
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.24% of adults	92.8% of adults	6% lower	Ecuador
Energy Use (Per Capita)	862.63 kg oil eq/person	904.74 kg oil eq/person	5% lower	Ecuador
Renewable Energy (%)	26.09%	25.36%	3% higher	Colombia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.78	0.79	2% lower	Ecuador
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	2% lower	Ecuador
Infant Mortality	10.9 per 1k births	11.1 per 1k births	2% lower	Ecuador
Life Evaluation Score	6.0 pts	6.1 pts	2% lower	Ecuador
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.6K kWh/person	1.6K kWh/person	2% lower	Ecuador
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	7.5% of GDP	2% higher	Colombia
Human Development Index	0.79	0.78	1% higher	Colombia
Merchant Fleet Size	153	154	1% lower	Ecuador
Adult Literacy Rate	95.34%	96.26%	1% lower	Ecuador
Coal Electricity Share	6.1%	0%	ranked higher	Colombia
Electricity Access (%)	98.7%	98.7%	equal	Colombia
Internet Users (%)	77%	77%	equal	Colombia
Life Expectancy	77.7 years	77.4 years	equal	Colombia
GDP Growth Rate	1.6%	-2%	ranked higher	Colombia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.04 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Colombia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Colombia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.4% of GDP	5.8% of GDP	ranked lower	Ecuador

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Analysis

Colombia leads in 78 of 126 shared metrics, while Ecuador leads in 48.

Colombia's Solar Electricity Share is 45.3x that of Ecuador (5.1% vs 0.11%).

Colombia's Domestic Patents is 11.3x that of Ecuador (432 vs 35).

Colombia's Armed Forces Personnel is 9.2x that of Ecuador (428.0K vs 42.0K).

Colombia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 8.3x that of Ecuador (3.3% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Colombia's Air Passengers is 8.3x that of Ecuador (42.40M vs 4.57M).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareColombia leads

Colombia

5.1%

Ecuador

0.11%

Domestic PatentsColombia leads

Colombia

432

Ecuador

Armed Forces PersonnelColombia leads

Colombia

428.0K

Ecuador

42.0K

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Colombia leads

Colombia

3.3% of GDP

Ecuador

0.35% of GDP

Air PassengersColombia leads

Colombia

42.40M

Ecuador

4.57M

Foreign PatentsColombia leads

Colombia

1.9K

Ecuador

373

Solar Electricity Share

5.1%

0.11%

Domestic Patents

432

Armed Forces Personnel

428.0K

42.0K

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

3.3% of GDP

0.35% of GDP

Air Passengers

42.40M

4.57M

Foreign Patents

1.9K

373

Forest Area

585.4K km²

123.1K km²

Land Area

1.11M km²

248.4K km²

Inflation Rate

6.6%

1.5%

Mobile Money Accounts

39.15% of adults

10.08% of adults

All-Time Olympic Medals

38 medals

10 medals

GDP (Nominal)

$418,818,154,879.27

$124,676,074,700

Land Border Length

6.7K km

2.2K km

Tourism Revenue

$1,959,000,000

$705,000,000

Scientific Publications

9.7K

3.6K

Population

49.84M

18.48M

Electricity Generation

87.51 TWh

33 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

21.05M kW

8.44M kW

Border Neighbors

5.0

2.0

Water Withdrawal

24.26 B m³

9.9 B m³

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Domestic Patents

Armed Forces Personnel

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Air Passengers

Foreign Patents

Forest Area

Land Area

Inflation Rate

Mobile Money Accounts

All-Time Olympic Medals

GDP (Nominal)

Land Border Length

Tourism Revenue

Scientific Publications

Population

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Border Neighbors

Water Withdrawal

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Railway Length

Youth Unemployment Rate

Airports

Unemployment Rate

Total CO2 Emissions

Firms Asked for Bribes

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Agricultural Land (%)

Wind Electricity Share

Shipping Traffic

Alcohol Consumption

Official Languages Count

Government Debt (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Firms Making Informal Payments

Renewable Energy (%)

Military Spending

Insufficient Physical Activity

Time Zones Count

Water Stress (%)

Irrigated Land

Exports (% GDP)

Homicide Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Coastline Length

Spirits Consumption

Political Corruption Index

Credit Card Ownership

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Population Density

Education Spending (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

CO2 Per Capita

Road Traffic Death Rate

Protected Land (%)

Average Weekly Work Hours

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Meat Consumption per Person

Urban Population (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Imports (% GDP)

Smoking Rate

Inequality (Gini)

Informal Employment Share