World Bank Enterprise Survey 2024
Ecuador, 2024 - 2025
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Reference ID
ECU_2024_WBES_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank Group (WBG)
Metadata
Created on
May 20, 2025
Last modified
May 20, 2025
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- Ecuador-2024-full-data.dta
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: Ecuador-2024-full-data.dta
Overview
Valid:
345
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
15
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1851
End:
1852
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 0 |
0%
|
| -7 | Does not apply | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 36 |
10.4%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 3 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 11 |
3.2%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 40 |
11.6%
|
| 5 | Courts | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 62 |
18%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 7 |
2%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 27 |
7.8%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 14 |
4.1%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 16 |
4.6%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 77 |
22.3%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 35 |
10.1%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 4 |
1.2%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 8 |
2.3%
|
| 15 | Transport | 5 |
1.4%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.