Share of children who have completed primary school in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share of children who have completed primary school was 99.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Ecuador, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who have completed primary school in Ecuador is 99.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Ecuador peaked at 99.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 77.5%, in 1981.
Ecuador ranks 43rd of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 78.5% | 77.5% | 79.6% | 9 |
| 1990s | 80.8% | 79.7% | 82.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.6% | 83.3% | 89.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.3% | 90.0% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 98.4% | 99.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 share of children who have completed primary school in Ecuador?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Ecuador was 99.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.5% in 1981.
- How does Ecuador rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Ecuador ranks 43rd out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.