Educational attainment: at least some primary … location LPIA female in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment: at least some primary … location LPIA female was 0.8949 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Ecuador, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.8949 LPIA for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in 2024.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Ecuador peaked at 0.9473 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5651 LPIA, in 1974.
Ecuador ranks 67th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment: at least some primary … location LPIA female in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.5651 LPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.8312 LPIA | +47.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8451 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8339 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8399 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8241 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8342 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8834 LPIA | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9191 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8987 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9004 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8857 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8768 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9473 LPIA | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9276 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.8949 LPIA | -3.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.8949 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.973 LPIA, 92% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.8949 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9158 LPIA, 98% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment: at least some primary … location LPIA female in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +47.1% | 0.5651 LPIA | 0.8312 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5651 LPIA | 0.5651 LPIA | 0.5651 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8367 LPIA | 0.8312 LPIA | 0.8451 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8732 LPIA | 0.8241 LPIA | 0.9191 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9117 LPIA | 0.8768 LPIA | 0.9473 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More education data for Ecuador
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.83 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.28 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Ecuador?
- Educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Ecuador was 0.8949 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9473 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5651 LPIA in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population?
- Ecuador ranks 67th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release