The presence of a sizeable Ecuadorian in Spain community in Spain dates back to the early 2000s.
Numbers
The number of
Ecuadorian
Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are colle ...
citizens living in Spain peaked at 497,799 in the year 2005. Since then, it has decreased to 135,275 as of 2018, because many Ecuadorians acquired Spanish citizenship by naturalization, and also because some of them moved to other European countries during Spain's
economic crisis of 2008–2014. When counting all people born in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
and living in Spain (including Spanish citizens), their number as of 2018 is 404,414.
Notable people
Foreign population of Ecuadorian citizenship in Spain
See also
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Ecuador–Spain relations
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Immigration to Spain
Immigration to Spain increased significantly in the beginning of the 21st century. In 1998, immigrants accounted for 1.6% of the population, and by 2009, that number had jumped to above 12% — one of the highest in Europe at the time. Until 20 ...
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1998–99 Ecuador banking crisis
References
{{Portal bar, Ecuador, Spain
History of Ecuador
Ethnic groups in Spain
Ecuadorian diaspora