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Countdown Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The Countdown developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Ecuador.

Ecuador income group: Upper Middle Income
Comparison
Ecuador
Latin America & Caribbean
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet
3.56 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
26%
Availability of fruits
190.2 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
61.3 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services (SDG 6.1.1)
53%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
179.6 USD/capita
MDD-W: Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (SDG 2.2.4)
84%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
44%
Age 15+: Soft drink consumption
29%
Age 15+: NCD-Protect
4.1
Age 15+: NCD-Risk
2.1
Age 15+: Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1)
12%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (SDG 2.1.2)
33%
MDD-C: Minimum Dietary Diversity for Children (SDG 2.2.4)
74%
Children (6-23 months): Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
13% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, Natural Resources, and Production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
40%
Cereals yield
0.402530 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
2.253610 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
0.804350 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
25,871 100 g/animal
Beef yield
21.3 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
35.1
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
49,628.8 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
1.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
1.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
27.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
-1% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
89% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
2%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
14.6 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP (SDG 2.a.1)
9% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
1% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
21% working age population
Social protection coverage
46% population
Social protection adequacy
14% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
3% children 5-17
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land (SDG 5.a.1)
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.8
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
58%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
Explicit protection of the right to adequate food
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
Yes
Government effectiveness index
-0.5
Food safety capacity
80.0
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
Both
V-Dem accountability index
1.0
Open budget index score
47.7
Guarantees for public access to information (SDG 16.10.2)
Yes
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
0.000
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.7
Mobile cellular subscriptions
97.2 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.248383
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
43% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1a)
29,469.0
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1b)
No Data
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.2
Food price volatility
0.6
Food supply variability
47.0 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable