Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female was 67.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador is 67.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador peaked at 74.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 47.2%, in 2003.
Ecuador ranks 69th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 67.7% | — |
| 2001 | 48.2% | -28.8% |
| 2003 | 47.2% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 47.7% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 48.7% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 50.4% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 51.0% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 51.3% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 51.7% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 52.5% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 53.8% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 59.7% | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 65.7% | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 65.1% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 67.0% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 64.7% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 64.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 64.1% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 64.9% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 73.2% | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 74.2% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 67.3% | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 67.5% | +0.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 67.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 82.6%, 82% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 67.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 65.9%, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -28.8% | 67.7% | 48.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.5% | 47.2% | 67.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 60.9% | 51.7% | 67.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.4% | 64.9% | 74.2% | 5 |
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 rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador was 67.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 74.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.2% in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Ecuador ranks 69th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release