Ecuador vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity

Ecuador
0.91 GPIA
in 2024
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
0.96 GPIA
in 2024
Ecuador rank
28th
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank
25th

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity over time

  • Ecuador
  • WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
00.20.40.60.81197419992024

How they compare

WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) currently reports 0.96 GPIA against 0.91 GPIA in Ecuador, a difference of 0.05 GPIA.

That makes WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) has been ahead every year.

Ecuador ranks 28th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 25th of 84 countries.

WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.81 GPIA 0.84 GPIA 0.03 GPIA WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
1990s 0.84 GPIA 0.85 GPIA 0.01 GPIA WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2000s 0.8743 GPIA 0.9157 GPIA 0.0414 GPIA WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2010s 0.8829 GPIA 0.941 GPIA 0.0581 GPIA WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2020s 0.9084 GPIA 0.956 GPIA 0.0476 GPIA WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity, Ecuador or WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), at 0.96 GPIA against 0.91 GPIA in Ecuador as of 2024.
What is the difference in elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity between Ecuador and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
0.05 GPIA, with WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
24 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Ecuador and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank globally for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
Ecuador ranks 28th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 25th of 84 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
284 places, 9,465 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release