Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9915 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador, 1974β2024
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.
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
- 35 Russian Federation 0.9949 GPIA compare
- 36 Timor-Leste 0.9945 GPIA compare
- 37 Italy 0.9915 GPIA compare
- 39 Kazakhstan 0.9903 GPIA compare
- 40 Iceland 0.9897 GPIA compare
- 41 Paraguay 0.9883 GPIA compare
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 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