Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal in Ecuador
Ecuador: Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal was 3 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
3
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 189 countries
All-time high
3
in 2009
All-time low
1
in 1998
Years of data
28
1998–2025
Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal in Ecuador, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal in Ecuador stood at 3. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal in Ecuador peaked at 3 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1998.
Ecuador ranks 10th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | — |
| 1999 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2010 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3 | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 3 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1, 3.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 3 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2, 1.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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More education data for Ecuador
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0951 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal in Ecuador?
- Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal in Ecuador was 3 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2009.
- What is the lowest number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1998.
- How does Ecuador rank for number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal?
- Ecuador ranks 10th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release