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FACTS & FIGURES

ECUADOR 2005

 

Surface: 272,045 sq km.
Country Code: +593.
Time Zone: GMT - 5.00.
Climate: Tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands.
Currency: US dollar.
Language: Spanish.
Capital City: Quito.
Principal Cities: Guayaquil (2,196,800 inhabitants, but as high as 3 million in the greater Guayaquil metropolitan area) and Quito (1,500,000).
Population: 12,865,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate).
Urban Population: 64% (2002).
Average Annual Population Growth Rate: 2.2% (1980-2002).
Adult Illiteracy Level: Male, 8%; Female, 10% (2002).
Television Sets/1,000 Inhabitants: 237 (2002).
Personal Computers/1,000 Inhabitants: 31.1 (2002).
Internet Users/1,000 Inhabitants: 42 (2002).

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Production and Exports: Ecuador has substantial petroleum resources, which have accounted for 40% of the country's export earnings.
Other industries: food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals. Besides petroleum, it exports bananas, cut flowers, shrimp. The most important partners are USA, Colombia, Germany, South Korea and Italy. Ecuador, with nearby Colombia, has to face the same drug problem. It is one of the most important producers of coca leaves.
GDP (Gross Domestic Product): US$ 24,311 million (2002).
GNI (Gross National Income): US$ 19.1 billion (2002).
GNI/Inhabitant: US$ 1,490 (2002).
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity)-GNI: US$ 43 billion (2002).
PPP-GNI/Inhabitant: US$ 3.340 (2002).

KEY HEALTH INDICATORS

Life Expectancy at Birth: 70 years (2002).
Infant Mortality: 25 per 1,000 live births (2002).
Ratio Physician/1,000 Inhabitants: 1.7 (1995-2002).
Public Health Expenditure/GDP: 2.3% (2001).
Private Health Expenditure/GDP: 2.2% (2001).
Total Health Expenditure/GDP: 4.5% (2001).
Health Expenditure Per Capita: US$ 76 (2001).

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES

Dentists Professionally Active: 12,000.
Ratio Dentist/Inhabitants: 1/1,072 inhabitants.
Number of New Graduates: N.A.
Dental Faculties and Schools: 5.
Scientific and Professional Organizations: 23.
Dental Labs: 700.
Technicians and/or Denturists, Assistants and Apprentices: 1,500.
Dental Hygienists and/or Therapists: N.A.
Dental (Chairside) Assistants: 10,000.
Number of Schools for Auxiliary Staff: N.A.

DENTAL MARKET

Main Market Operators: 52, among them 10 manufacturers and 28 importers.
Dental Products Manufactured or Exported: Accessories for dental equipment; Acrylics & accessories; Adhesives (all types); Alloys (not otherwise classified); Alloys, chrome-cobalt-nickel; Alloys, gold; Alloys, silver; Amalgams (all types); Anaesthetics; Analgesia, equipment & supplies; Aseptic water systems; Burs, diamond; Burs, excavating (all types); Cements, polycarboxylate; Cements, silicate; Cements, zinc silicophosphate; Ceramic instruments; Chairs & accessories; Composite instruments & accessories; Composites; Compressors, air & accessories; Computer hardware & software; Dental components (not otherwise classified); Dental hygiene devices; Dentifrices; Dentifrices, therapeutic; Endodontic files; Endodontic supplies; Equipment, repair & replacement parts; Fiber optic curing units; Handpieces controls; Instruments (not otherwise classified), operating & accessories; Instruments, cutting; Instruments, hand; Instruments maxillo-facial surgery; Magnets; Mercuries, dental; Mercury vapor decontamination materials and devices; Metals, precious; Micromotors for dentists; Micromotors for laboratories; Micromotors, rechangeable battery-driven; Mirrors, mouth; Operating equipment and/or supplies (not otherwise classified); Orthodontic and/or pedodontic instruments; Orthodontic and/or pedodontic materials; Orthodontic units; Orthopedy, products for; Paper products (not itherwise classified); Patterns; Stools, dental operating; Toothbrushes, hand; Valves.