Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 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.
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 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.25 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
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.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release