Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ecuador
Ecuador: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 34.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ecuador, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ecuador is 34.5%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ecuador peaked at 34.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 1960.
That places Ecuador 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.7% | — |
| 1965 | 24.4% | +78.0% |
| 1970 | 30.7% | +25.8% |
| 1975 | 32.6% | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 32.1% | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 26.3% | -18.0% |
| 1990 | 24.6% | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 24.6% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 24.8% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 29.6% | +19.6% |
| 2010 | 34.5% | +16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.1% | 13.7% | 24.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 31.7% | 30.7% | 32.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 29.2% | 26.3% | 32.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 24.6% | 24.6% | 24.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 27.2% | 24.8% | 29.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 34.5% | 34.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More education data for Ecuador
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 93,535 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 5,078 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 288,731 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 291,075 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0951 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ecuador?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ecuador was 34.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 34.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 1960.
- How does Ecuador rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Ecuador ranks 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary