Ecuador vs Indonesia: Share of the population with tertiary education
Ecuador
10.7%
in 2020
Indonesia
8.1%
in 2020
Ecuador rank
68th
Indonesia rank
71st
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Ecuador
- Indonesia
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 10.7% against 8.1% in Indonesia, a difference of 2.6%.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.3 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Indonesia ahead.
Ecuador ranks 68th and Indonesia ranks 71st of 111 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.7% | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 1.5% | 0.2% | 1.4% | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 2.9% | 0.6% | 2.3% | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 9.3% | 1.1% | 8.2% | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 14.5% | 2.5% | 12.0% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 15.8% | 3.8% | 12.0% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 8.1% | 4.5% | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 8.1% | 2.6% | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Ecuador or Indonesia?
- Ecuador, at 10.7% against 8.1% in Indonesia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Ecuador and Indonesia?
- 2.6%, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Indonesia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Ecuador and Indonesia rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Ecuador ranks 68th and Indonesia ranks 71st of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.