ce Providers (ISPs):
31 (2001)

Internet users:
569,700 (2003)

Transportation Ecuador

Railways:
total: 966 km
narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 43,197 km
paved: 8,164 km
unpaved: 35,033 km (2000)

Waterways:
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)

Pipelines:
extra heavy crude 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,386 km; refined products
1,185 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San
Lorenzo

Merchant marine:
total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 241,403 GRT/391,898 DWT
foreign-owned: Greece 1, Paraguay 1, Peru 1
registered in other countries: 3 (2004 est.)
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 1, passenger 5,
petroleum tanker 21, specialized tanker 1

Airports:
205 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 62
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 18 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 143
914 to 1,523 m: 30
under 914 m: 113 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Ecuador

Military branches:
Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
20 years of age for conscript military service; 12-month service
obligation (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 3,440,371 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 2,315,808 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 132,476 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$650 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.4% (2003)

Transnational Issues Ecuador

Disputes - international:
the continuing civil disorder in Colombia has created a serious
refugee crisis in neighboring states, especially Ecuador

Illicit drugs:
significant transit country for cocaine originating in Colombia and
Peru; importer of precursor chemicals used in production of illicit
narcotics; attractive location for cash-placement by drug
traffickers laundering money because of dollarization and weak
anti-money-laundering regime, especially vulnerable along the border
with Colombia; increased activity on the northern frontier by
trafficking groups and Colombian insurgents

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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