Ecuador - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Ecuador was 1.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.79 in 2000, while its lowest value was -7.61 in 1998.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -0.82
1961 -1.19
1962 -0.55
1963 -0.72
1964 -1.24
1965 -1.31
1966 -0.63
1967 -1.92
1968 -2.88
1969 -3.60
1970 -3.57
1971 -6.11
1972 -3.14
1973 1.22
1974 3.90
1975 -3.26
1976 -1.94
1977 -1.84
1978 -3.83
1979 -0.26
1980 -0.73
1981 -0.68
1982 -3.10
1983 0.24
1984 1.69
1985 3.65
1986 -1.85
1987 -7.00
1988 -4.65
1989 -4.55
1990 0.93
1991 2.15
1992 3.46
1993 -3.10
1994 -3.22
1995 -3.34
1996 0.33
1997 -1.95
1998 -7.61
1999 3.55
2000 4.79
2001 -4.30
2002 -6.39
2003 -2.04
2004 -1.56
2005 -0.86
2006 0.96
2007 1.28
2008 0.27
2009 -1.61
2010 -4.51
2011 -2.25
2012 -1.42
2013 -2.33
2014 -1.60
2015 -2.73
2016 0.49
2017 -0.76
2018 -1.15
2019 0.02
2020 1.78

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts