Ecuador's adult literacy rose from 83.6 % in 1982 to 93.5 % in 2024.
Ecuador's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 107.4 % in 2000 to 97.2 % in 2023.
Ecuador · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Ecuador's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 93.4 % in 1982 to 99.0 % in 2024.
Ecuador's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 56.0 % in 2000 to 92.8 % in 2023.
Ecuador's tertiary enrolment rose from 38.2 % in 2008 to 67.9 % in 2023.
Ecuador's children out of school, primary fell from 115,003 in 2000 to 86,090 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.7 pts34th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentdown −4.4 pts64th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.3 pts59th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs70th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs83rd of 145
- Learning povertyup +3.0 pts16th of 41*
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- Education spendingdown −0.1 pts27th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +5.8 pts17th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −0.9 %54th of 90
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