Ecuador vs United States: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual

Ecuador
0.1%
in 2023
United States
0.1%
in 2023
Ecuador rank
14th
United States rank
15th

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual over time

  • Ecuador
  • United States
051015196019912023

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in United States, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United States ahead.

Ecuador ranks 14th and United States ranks 15th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and United States in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador United States Difference Ahead
1960s 3.9% 5.0% 1.0% United States
1970s 1.5% 3.0% 1.5% United States
1980s 1.7% 1.8% 0.1% United States
1990s 4.6% 1.5% 3.1% Ecuador
2000s 7.0% 1.8% 5.2% Ecuador
2010s 0.9% 1.0% 0.2% United States
2020s 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual, Ecuador or United States?
Ecuador, at 0.1% against 0.1% in United States as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual between Ecuador and United States?
0.0%, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and United States?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and United States rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual?
Ecuador ranks 14th and United States ranks 15th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ecuador vs United States: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual. Statizoid, drawing on Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-imports-by-the-reporting-economy-residual-percent-of-total-merchandise-imports/ecuador/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-imports-by-the-reporting-economy-residual-percent-of-total-merchandise-imports/ecuador/united-states/">Ecuador vs United States: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Unit
% of total merchandise imports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.