School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador
Ecuador: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9377 GPI, in 1971.
That places Ecuador 46th out of 193 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9377 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.9422 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.9422 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.9525 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.9602 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.9579 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.9615 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.9623 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9829 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.9695 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.9805 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9986 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 1 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.997 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 1 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 1 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 1.01 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.01 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1.01 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 1 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.01 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.01 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.03 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9555 GPI | 0.9377 GPI | 0.9829 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9947 GPI | 0.9695 GPI | 1 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.01 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More education data for Ecuador
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 77,432 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.25 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ecuador was 1.02 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9377 GPI in 1971.
- How does Ecuador rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Ecuador ranks 46th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.