Duration of compulsory education in Ecuador
Ecuador: Duration of compulsory education was 15 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Ecuador, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, duration of compulsory education in Ecuador stood at 15 years. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Ecuador peaked at 15 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1998.
Ecuador ranks 3rd of 200 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 1 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 12 years compare
- 1 Cook Islands 12 years compare
- 1 Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 12 years compare
- 1 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 17 years compare
- 2 Guatemala 16 years compare
- 3 Dominican Republic 15 years compare
- 3 Israel 15 years compare
- 3 El Salvador 15 years compare
- 3 Tonga 15 years compare
- 4 Niue 11 years compare
- 4 Tokelau 11 years compare
- 6 Saint Helena 0 years compare
More education data for Ecuador
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0043 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Ecuador?
- Duration of compulsory education in Ecuador was 15 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 15 years in 2010.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
- How does Ecuador rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Ecuador ranks 3rd out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Duration of compulsory education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release