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FSCI Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The FSCI 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
South America
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet per capita
2.72 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
27%
Availability of fruits
165 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
66.4 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services
53%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
326.3 current PPP dollar/capita/year
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women
84%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
44%
NCD-Protect
4.1
NCD-Risk
2.1
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
6%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
29%
POU: Prevalence of undernourishment
14%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity
39%
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
53%
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
27% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, natural resources, and production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
36%
Cereals yield
0.4 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
2.1 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
0.7 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
22,912 100 g/animal
Beef yield
216.7 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
35.1
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
50,389.6 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
1.6 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
1.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
28.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
0% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
88% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
2%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
0.7 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP
9% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
2% 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
4% children 5-17
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.7
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
83%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
No Data
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No Data
Government effectiveness index
-0.3
Food safety capacity
80
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
No Data
V-Dem accountability index
1
Open budget index score
46
Guarantees for public access to information
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
No Data
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.7
Mobile cellular subscriptions
97.2 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.2
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
29,149
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
No Data
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.3
Food price volatility
1
Food supply variability per capita
20 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable