Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 87.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
87.1%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
148th
of 217 countries
All-time high
87.6%
in 2019
All-time low
61.9%
in 1988
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 %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 87.1% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Ecuador peaked at 87.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 61.9%, in 1988.
Ecuador ranks 148th of 217 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.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 80.2% | — |
| 1972 | 79.1% | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 80.1% | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 82.0% | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 84.1% | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 85.6% | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 86.6% | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 87.0% | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 87.0% | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 85.1% | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 84.3% | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 83.9% | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 83.7% | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 82.4% | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 66.0% | -19.9% |
| 1986 | 62.7% | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 63.9% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 61.9% | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 62.3% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 78.0% | +25.1% |
| 1999 | 77.8% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 78.5% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 78.2% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 77.3% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 76.3% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 76.5% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 76.4% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 76.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 76.3% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 79.4% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 79.8% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 81.8% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 83.9% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 85.6% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 86.5% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 86.0% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 86.3% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 86.9% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 87.4% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 87.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 87.5% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 87.1% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 87.2% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 87.3% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 87.1% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 83.5% | 79.1% | 87.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 74.9% | 61.9% | 85.1% | 9 |
| 1990s | 72.7% | 62.3% | 78.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 77.2% | 76.3% | 79.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 85.2% | 79.8% | 87.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.2% | 87.1% | 87.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 145 Republic of Moldova 88.8% compare
- 146 Brunei Darussalam 87.9% compare
- 147 Lebanon 87.8% compare
- 149 Iran, Islamic Republic of 87.0% compare
- 150 Reunion 86.9% compare
- 151 Greece 86.5% compare
More education data for Ecuador
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0951 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -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 87.1% 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 87.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.9% in 1988.
- How does Ecuador rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Ecuador ranks 148th 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 0.7%. 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, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release