Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.4558 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador, 1974–2024
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 0.4558 LPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador peaked at 0.4889 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0882 LPIA, in 1974.
That places Ecuador 78th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.0882 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.2703 LPIA | +206.3% |
| 2001 | 0.2957 LPIA | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2341 LPIA | -20.8% |
| 2008 | 0.248 LPIA | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 0.2425 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2342 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2604 LPIA | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2489 LPIA | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3214 LPIA | +29.1% |
| 2014 | 0.3777 LPIA | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 0.4129 LPIA | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4514 LPIA | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4066 LPIA | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3516 LPIA | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 0.3462 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4837 LPIA | +39.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4889 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.4558 LPIA | -6.8% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.4558 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5883 LPIA, 77% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.4558 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4467 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA 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 | +206.3% | 0.0882 LPIA | 0.2703 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0882 LPIA | 0.0882 LPIA | 0.0882 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2581 LPIA | 0.2341 LPIA | 0.2957 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.3411 LPIA | 0.2342 LPIA | 0.4514 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4761 LPIA | 0.4558 LPIA | 0.4889 LPIA | 3 |
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 0.4558 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 0.4889 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0882 LPIA in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ecuador ranks 78th 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 20.7%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release