Share of all students in secondary … general adjusted gender parity in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share of all students in secondary … general adjusted gender parity was 1.04 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.04 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
65th
of 217 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.8837 GPIA
in 1986
Years of data
45
1971–2024
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Ecuador, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1.04 GPIA for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Ecuador peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8837 GPIA, in 1986.
That places Ecuador 65th out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary … general adjusted gender parity in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9164 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.9051 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.9097 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.9185 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.9317 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9375 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.9422 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.9464 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.9362 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.9344 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.9313 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.9386 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.9293 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.8979 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8837 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.9061 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.8984 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9051 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9303 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9293 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9448 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.951 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9591 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9618 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9701 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9737 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.978 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9799 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1.04 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1.04 GPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9283 GPIA | 0.9051 GPIA | 0.947 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9173 GPIA | 0.8837 GPIA | 0.9386 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9216 GPIA | 0.9051 GPIA | 0.9303 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9698 GPIA | 0.9448 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More education data for Ecuador
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.83 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.28 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 93,535 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 5,078 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 288,731 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 291,075 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Ecuador?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Ecuador was 1.04 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8837 GPIA in 1986.
- How does Ecuador rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Ecuador ranks 65th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release