Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Ecuador
Ecuador: Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female was 96.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Ecuador, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Ecuador stood at 96.2%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Ecuador peaked at 96.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 69.6%, in 2001.
That places Ecuador 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 69.6% | — |
| 2003 | 75.2% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 88.1% | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 87.7% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 80.7% | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 85.1% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 88.8% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 92.3% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 91.7% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 93.3% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 91.2% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 87.0% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 90.8% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 93.6% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 93.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 90.1% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 91.4% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 92.6% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 95.1% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 96.0% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 96.2% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.2% | 69.6% | 88.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.5% | 87.0% | 93.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.0% | 92.6% | 96.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 1 Chile 99.5% compare
- 2 Colombia 97.0% compare
- 3 Kyrgyzstan 97.0% compare
- 5 Brazil 96.0% compare
- 6 Costa Rica 95.9% compare
- 7 United States 95.6% compare
More education data for Ecuador
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 77,432 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Ecuador?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Ecuador was 96.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.6% in 2001.
- How does Ecuador rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female?
- Ecuador ranks 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release