Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 70.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador stood at 70.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador peaked at 75.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 51.3%, in 2003.
Ecuador ranks 67th of 101 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.1% | 51.3% | 70.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 63.9% | 55.1% | 69.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.1% | 70.0% | 75.8% | 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)
- 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 primary education or higher in Ecuador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ecuador was 70.5% 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 75.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.3% in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Ecuador ranks 67th out of 101 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 3.7%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release