# List of wars involving Ecuador

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Ecuador from 1820 to the present day.
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| Ecuadorian War of Independence (1820–1822) | Guayaquil Gran Colombia Chile Peru Río de la Plata | Spain | Victory Incorporation of the Real Audiencia of Quito into Gran Colombia. |
| Gran Colombia–Peru War (1828–1829) | Gran Colombia | Peru | Stalemate Status quo ante bellum |
| War of Cauca [es] (1832) | Ecuador | New Granada | Defeat Treaty of Pasto [es] |
| War of the Supremes (1839–1841) | New Granada Ecuador | Supremes | Victory |
| Capture of Manuel Briones (1851 or 1852) | Sweden-Norway Ecuador | Pirates | Victory |
| Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1857–1860 (1857–1860) | Ecuador | Peru | Defeat Treaty of Mapasingue [es] Diplomatic impasse arising from Ecuador's decision to grant its English creditors the vast Amazonian territories disputed with Peru. Ecuadorian failure. |
| Civil War of 1859 (1859–1860) | Supreme Leadership | Provisional Government | Provisional Government victory Reunification of Ecuador |
| Ecuadorian–Colombian War (1863) | Ecuador | Colombia | Defeat Ecuadorian withdrawal/capitulation (disputed) after the Battle of Cuaspud [es]. The Treaty of Pinsaquí |
| Chincha Islands War (1866) | Chile Peru Ecuador Bolivia | Spain | Both sides claimed victory Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands. The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871. Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885). |
| Combat of Angoteros [es] (1903) | Ecuador | Peru | Defeat Advance of an Ecuadorian detachment in Peruvian territory that was repelled on the banks of the Napo River |
| Combat of Torres Causana [es] (1904) | Ecuador | Peru | Defeat Advance of Ecuadorian troops in Peruvian territory in the area of the Aguarico river and Napo river until their subsequent expulsion, taking of prisoners and captured war material. |
| War of the Generals (1911–1912) | Supporters of Eloy Alfaro | Opponents of Eloy Alfaro | Anti-Alfaro victory |
| Ecuadorian Civil War of 1913–1916 (1913–1916) | Leónidas Plaza loyalists | Rebels of Esmeraldas Province | Government victory Leónidas Plaza remains president Government re-asserts control of Esmeraldas Province |
| Ecuadorian Civil War of 1932 (1932) | Supporters of Bonifaz | Various opponents | Opposition victory Congress restored into power. |
| Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941 (1941) | Ecuador | Peru | Defeat Rio Protocol |
| World War II (1945) | United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Chile Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Venezuela Uruguay Argentina | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang | Victory Collapse of the German Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War |
| Border incident between Peru and Ecuador of 1978 [es] (1978) | Ecuador | Peru | Defeat The base and the camp set up by the Ecuadorian troops are now controlled by the Peruvian Army |
| Paquisha War (1981) | Ecuador | Peru | Defeat Status quo of 1942 in favor of Peru |
| Cenepa War (1995) | Ecuador | Peru | Both sides claimed victory Brasilia Presidential Act Status quo ante bellum |
| 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | Ecuador | Several organized crime groups, particularly Los Choneros | Ongoing |