Net attendance rate of primary school in Ecuador
Ecuador: Net attendance rate of primary school was 98.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Net attendance rate of primary school in Ecuador, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 98.3% for net attendance rate of primary school in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net attendance rate of primary school in Ecuador peaked at 99.2% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 95.7%, in 2001.
That places Ecuador 12th out of 36 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.6% | 95.7% | 97.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 98.8% | 98.5% | 99.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.2% | 97.6% | 98.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 9 Kyrgyzstan 98.7% compare
- 10 Panama 98.7% compare
- 11 Mexico 98.6% compare
- 13 Venezuela 98.3% compare
- 14 El Salvador 97.7% compare
- 15 United States 97.4% compare
More education data for Ecuador
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 77,432 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.81 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net attendance rate of primary school in Ecuador?
- Net attendance rate of primary school in Ecuador was 98.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2014.
- What is the lowest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.7% in 2001.
- How does Ecuador rank for net attendance rate of primary school?
- Ecuador ranks 12th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net attendance rate of primary school rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net attendance rate of primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are attending school at any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.