Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 10.3% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Ecuador, 2007β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Ecuador stood at 10.3%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 40.2% on the previous year and down 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Ecuador peaked at 17.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2024.
Ecuador ranks 70th of 86 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.9% | 12.7% | 13.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 14.9% | 13.3% | 17.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 10.3% | 17.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 67 Bhutan 11.1% compare
- 68 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.7% compare
- 69 Bangladesh 10.4% compare
- 71 El Salvador 9.9% compare
- 72 Sri Lanka 8.7% compare
- 73 Cambodia 8.4% 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 educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Ecuador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Ecuador was 10.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 17.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Ecuador ranks 70th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.5%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release