Ecuador vs Türkiye: Share of the population with tertiary education
Ecuador
10.7%
in 2020
Türkiye
10.8%
in 2020
Ecuador rank
68th
Türkiye rank
66th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Ecuador
- Türkiye
How they compare
Türkiye currently reports 10.8% against 10.7% in Ecuador, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Türkiye ahead.
Ecuador ranks 68th and Türkiye ranks 66th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 6 and Türkiye in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Türkiye | 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% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Türkiye |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Türkiye |
| 1930s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Türkiye |
| 1940s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Türkiye |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Türkiye |
| 1960s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.2% | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 9.3% | 7.9% | 1.5% | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 14.5% | 11.5% | 3.0% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 15.8% | 9.9% | 5.9% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 11.7% | 0.9% | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 10.8% | 0.1% | Türkiye |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Ecuador or Türkiye?
- Türkiye, at 10.8% against 10.7% in Ecuador as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Ecuador and Türkiye?
- 0.1%, with Türkiye ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Türkiye?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Ecuador and Türkiye rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Ecuador ranks 68th and Türkiye ranks 66th 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.