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Ecuador

18.1 million people

Ecuador's Registro Civil offers an optional digital cédula in the Gob.ec app alongside the compulsory physical card. Its earlier central-bank electronic money system is closed per existing data.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Ecuador

Program
Cédula digital (Gob.ec app)
Status
Available, partial uptake
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Not confirmed

The digital cédula has the same validity as the physical one and is promoted as optional. It has been offered since 2023; first issue costs USD 5 and renewal USD 16.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
Cancelled
Name
Dinero Electrónico

Central bank electronic money system ran 2014-2018, then closed.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2023Rolling it out

    Ecuador's Registro Civil began offering the digital cédula in the Gob.ec app (optional). Primicias ↗

UN and WHO

How Ecuador has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
69.9 · rank 79 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
3

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.