Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA was 0.7872 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.7872 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador peaked at 0.84 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6047 LPIA, in 2005.
That places Ecuador 69th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7718 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.6189 LPIA | -19.8% |
| 2003 | 0.6188 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6047 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6241 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6368 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6443 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.6541 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.6523 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6393 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6538 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.7205 LPIA | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7826 LPIA | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7736 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7874 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7639 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7562 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7478 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7867 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8309 LPIA | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 0.84 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7815 LPIA | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7872 LPIA | +0.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.7872 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9106 LPIA, 86% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.7872 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7805 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6467 LPIA | 0.6047 LPIA | 0.7718 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.7277 LPIA | 0.6393 LPIA | 0.7874 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8053 LPIA | 0.7815 LPIA | 0.84 LPIA | 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 0.7872 LPIA 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 0.84 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6047 LPIA in 2005.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Ecuador ranks 69th out of 100 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 0.6%. 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 rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release