School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ecuador
Ecuador: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 2.6 years in 2015. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ecuador, 1971–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2015, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ecuador stood at 2.6 years. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ecuador peaked at 2.6 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.215 years, in 1971.
That places Ecuador 72nd out of 177 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4662 years | 0.215 years | 1.12 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 1.19 years | 1.13 years | 1.21 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.32 years | 2.32 years | 2.32 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.55 years | 2.5 years | 2.6 years | 2 |
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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 school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ecuador?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ecuador was 2.6 years in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.215 years in 1971.
- How does Ecuador rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Ecuador ranks 72nd out of 177 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.