Educational attainment rate … rate short-cycle tertiary rural in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate … rate short-cycle tertiary rural was 5.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ecuador, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ecuador stood at 5.4%.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ecuador peaked at 6.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1974.
Ecuador ranks 73rd of 89 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … rate short-cycle tertiary rural in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.2% | — |
| 2000 | 2.7% | +1178.7% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | -24.1% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 2.2% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | +14.4% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +33.9% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 6.0% | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -20.3% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | -8.7% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | +24.0% |
| 2023 | 5.5% | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | -2.9% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 5.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.5%, 63% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 5.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7.8%, 69% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate … rate short-cycle tertiary rural 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +1178.7% | 0.2% | 2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 2.9% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 3 |
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Ecuador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Ecuador was 5.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Ecuador ranks 73rd out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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