Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 0.8771 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
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.6577 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9539 GPIA | +45.0% |
| 2001 | 0.945 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.913 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9739 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8925 GPIA | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 0.88 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9189 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.909 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9002 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.941 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9334 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9907 GPIA | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9259 GPIA | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9436 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8665 GPIA | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8992 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.917 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8953 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9267 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8238 GPIA | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9284 GPIA | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9091 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8765 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 0.8771 GPIA | +0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.8771 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9941 GPIA, 88% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.8771 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.09 GPIA, 81% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural 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 | +45.0% | 0.6577 GPIA | 0.9539 GPIA |
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
- 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 0.8771 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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February 2026 Data Release