Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Ecuador
Ecuador: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 97.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Ecuador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Ecuador stood at 97.2%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Ecuador peaked at 112.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 97.2%, in 2023.
Ecuador ranks 143rd of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 108.6% | 107.4% | 112.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 102.8% | 98.2% | 108.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.3% | 97.2% | 99.6% | 4 |
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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 primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Ecuador?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Ecuador was 97.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 112.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.2% in 2023.
- How does Ecuador rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Ecuador ranks 143rd out of 217 countries with data for 2023.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.