Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both in Ecuador
Ecuador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both was 55.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador stood at 55.7%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ecuador peaked at 55.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 1974.
That places Ecuador 68th out of 108 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 18.2% | — |
| 2000 | 51.6% | +183.4% |
| 2001 | 42.2% | -18.2% |
| 2003 | 42.7% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 44.3% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 44.1% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 44.0% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 43.7% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 45.1% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 46.2% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 47.5% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 50.0% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 49.0% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 47.5% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 51.8% | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 51.1% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 53.1% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 52.4% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 53.1% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 52.2% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 55.1% | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 55.3% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 55.7% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 55.7% | +0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 55.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58.6%, 95% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 55.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56.7%, 98% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both 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 | +183.4% | 18.2% | 51.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.2% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 44.7% | 42.2% | 51.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 50.2% | 46.2% | 53.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.8% | 52.2% | 55.7% | 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 55.7% 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 55.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ecuador ranks 68th out of 108 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 17.3%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release