Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4284 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador, 1974β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador is 0.4284 LPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador peaked at 0.4727 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0865 LPIA, in 1974.
Ecuador ranks 80th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0865 LPIA | 0.0865 LPIA | 0.0865 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2302 LPIA | 0.1986 LPIA | 0.2676 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.3342 LPIA | 0.2325 LPIA | 0.4306 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4333 LPIA | 0.4177 LPIA | 0.4727 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)
- 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 0.4284 LPIA 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 0.4727 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0865 LPIA in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ecuador ranks 80th out of 105 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 13.7%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release