Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary was 18.5% in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Ecuador, 2007β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 18.5% for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in 2021. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Ecuador peaked at 18.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 2011.
That places Ecuador 60th out of 76 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.3% | 15.0% | 15.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 14.7% | 17.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 18.1% | 17.8% | 18.5% | 2 |
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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 post-secondary non-tertiary in Ecuador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Ecuador was 18.5% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 2011.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Ecuador ranks 60th out of 76 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. 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 post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release