Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8771 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
Ecuador recorded 0.8771 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador peaked at 0.9907 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.6577 GPIA, in 1974.
Ecuador ranks 67th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6577 GPIA | 0.6577 GPIA | 0.6577 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9207 GPIA | 0.88 GPIA | 0.9739 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9239 GPIA | 0.8665 GPIA | 0.9907 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.883 GPIA | 0.8238 GPIA | 0.9284 GPIA | 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 0.8771 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 0.9907 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6577 GPIA in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ecuador ranks 67th 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 down 7.0%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release