Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7593 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador stood at 0.7593 LPIA.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador peaked at 0.8284 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6092 LPIA, in 2007.
That places Ecuador 73rd 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 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6802 LPIA | 0.6092 LPIA | 0.7511 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.704 LPIA | 0.6175 LPIA | 0.7657 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7811 LPIA | 0.7337 LPIA | 0.8284 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 0.7593 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 0.8284 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6092 LPIA in 2007.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Ecuador ranks 73rd 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 down 0.8%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release