How dependent is Ecuador on Colombia?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Colombia sells 0.53% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 189.3 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 0.7% of what the world exports of toilet paper and tissues; next come China (17.5%), Germany (9.1%) and Poland (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 725.2 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 1.4% of what the world exports of toothpaste and oral care; next come China (10.6%), Germany (9.6%) and Poland (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 172.8 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 1.1% of what the world exports of cane and beet sugar; next come Brazil (47.2%), Thailand (6.2%) and India (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 1,081.5 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 1.6% of what the world exports of candy and sweets; next come Germany (11.3%), China (9.3%) and Mexico (8.2%). The rest of the world exported 598.9 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 0.14% of what the world exports of beer; next come Mexico (37.5%), Netherlands (10.4%) and Belgium (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 823.5 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 2.9% of what the world exports of instant coffee and tea extracts; next come Germany (9%), Brazil (8%) and Vietnam (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 544.7 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 1.8% of what the world exports of soap; next come Indonesia (12%), China (11%) and Germany (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 414.7 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 0.65% of what the world exports of textile and paper finishing agents; next come Germany (11.4%), United States (8.9%) and China (7%). The rest of the world exported 308.8 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.
• Colombia sells 1% of what the world exports of bras and corsets; next come China (38.9%), Vietnam (12.5%) and Sri Lanka (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 938.1 times what Ecuador buys from Colombia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Ecuador is Colombia’s 5th-largest customer, with 4% of its exports.

• Trade between Ecuador and Colombia
• Who does Ecuador rely on?
• Who does Colombia rely on?
• Dependence of Ecuador on the United States
• Dependence of Ecuador on China
• Trade profile of Ecuador
• Trade profile of Colombia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.