Ecuador Construction Market Size, Trends and Forecasts by Sector - Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Institutional and Residential Market Analysis, 2022-2026
Summary
GlobalData forecasts Ecuador’s construction industry will record an annual growth of 7.7% in 2022 in real terms, preceded by an annual contraction of 6.6% in 2021. Growth in 2022 was largely due to a low base effect from the previous year, though growth was aided by an increase in private investment and public-private partnerships. In March 2022, the Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, and Investment Julio José Prado stated that the country expects private investment of $1.2 billion by the end of 2022, and close to $6 billion over the next three to four years, especially in sectors such as mining and renewable energy, as well as the industrial and manufacturing industry. Despite the improvement projected in 2022, the construction industry witnessed a slowdown in the first quarter of 2022, which mostly reflects supply-side issues and price pressures dampening effect on construction activities, along with low dynamism to invest. Construction value add fell by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2022, falling from $1.106 billion in Q1 2021 to $1.100 billion in Q1 2022, and was preceded by an annual decline of 6.6% in 2021. The country’s total investment in fixed capital grew by 4% year on year (YoY) in Q1 2022, preceded by Y-o-Y growth of 3.9% in Q4 and 9.9% in Q3 2021.
The construction industry is expected to register an annual average growth of 3.6% between 2023 and 2026, supported by investment in transport, oil, electricity, education, and housing infrastructure projects. These projects include several road infrastructure and logistics developments. In April 2022, Ecuador’s Government announced plans to carry out a series of road projects requiring an investment of around $14 billion before President Guillermo Lasso’s term ends in May 2025, including a 996km multipurpose rail project with two branches for transporting minerals. Along with this, the government also has planned projects in various sectors that involve total spending of around $30 billion by 2025. This includes major projects such as the $86.1 million Loja-Catamayo highway, the $63.9 million Montecristi-La Cadena Road Rehabilitation project, and the $53.8 million Santo Domingo logistic platform.
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