Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender was 0.9915 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador is 0.9915 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7165 GPIA, in 1974.
That places Ecuador 38th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.7165 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9741 GPIA | +36.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9514 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9953 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9581 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9535 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9567 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9688 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9667 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9572 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9477 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.938 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9667 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9502 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9906 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9903 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9807 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9811 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9814 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.06 GPIA | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9935 GPIA | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9768 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9752 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9915 GPIA | +1.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.9915 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9833 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.9915 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.01 GPIA, 99% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender 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 | +36.0% | 0.7165 GPIA | 0.9741 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7165 GPIA | 0.7165 GPIA | 0.7165 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9656 GPIA | 0.9514 GPIA | 0.9953 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9684 GPIA | 0.938 GPIA | 0.9906 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9987 GPIA | 0.9752 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Ecuador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador was 0.9915 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7165 GPIA in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ecuador ranks 38th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release