Embassies and consulates in Ecuador

Outside Quito, missions are found in Guayaquil (12), Cuenca (5), Machala (1), Loja (1), Ibarra (1) and Puerto Ayora (1); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 152 can enter visa-free and 46 need an e-Visa for Ecuador.

Schengen consulates in Ecuador received 106,167 short-stay visa applications in 2025, the 25th highest number of any country, and issued 71,387 visas. 30.9% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 the rate was much the same, 29.6%. The number of applications was almost unchanged (103,785 in 2024).

Most applications went to Spain (80,504), Italy (12,396), Germany (6,136) and France (3,829).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was Germany’s (18.1%) and the highest Hungary’s (38.2%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Switzerland (+3.5 points), the largest fall at those of France (−6.3 points).

The numbers include every nationality applying in Ecuador.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 193,631 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Ecuador, the 9th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 94%, exchange visitor visas 4%. That is 20% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (242,094).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Ecuador received 65,563, 27% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 42.2% for citizens of Ecuador in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 37.0%).

In the other direction, Ecuador runs 76 missions in 44 countries. Its largest networks are in Germany (7), Italy (6), Spain (5), France (4) and Brazil (3).

Where the embassies are

Most embassies, 42 of 43, are in the capital, Quito. Chile has the most missions in Ecuador, 6, followed by Germany (5), Peru (5), Spain (3) and Italy (3).

Travel advice for Ecuador

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Ecuador: the US State Department rates Ecuador at Level 2, exercise increased caution (updated 17 August 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all but essential travel to parts of Ecuador (updated 1 November 2026) and the German Foreign Office has no travel warning for Ecuador (updated 13 October 2026).