Education in Ecuador

163 indicators covering education for Ecuador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 67.5% 2025 up 5.0% 54th
Population ages 0-14 23.9% 2025 down 17.7% 104th
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 97.2% 2023 down 6.9% 135th
Primary education, teachers 77,432 2024 down 8.6% 68th
School enrollment, primary, female 98.6% 2023 down 5.8% 115th
School enrollment, primary, male 96.0% 2023 down 8.0% 147th
Labor force, total 8.98 million 2025 up 18.5% 61st
Labor force, female 41.0% 2025 up 2.8% 132nd
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 up 1.5% 23rd
School enrollment, secondary 92.8% 2023 down 7.8% 91st
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 13.7 per 1,000 2024 up 104.5% 19th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 7.5 per 1,000 2024 up 66.7% 25th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 70th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 6.2% 84th
Secondary education, teachers 93,535 2024 up 10.9% 58th
School enrollment, secondary, female 94.2% 2023 down 8.3% 94th
School enrollment, secondary, male 91.5% 2023 down 7.3% 90th
School enrollment, tertiary 67.9% 2023 up 70.7% 55th
School enrollment, primary, private 25.2% 2024 up 4.9% 49th
School enrollment, preprimary 55.3% 2021 up 5.1% 113th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 60.0% 2023 up 76.1% 48th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 76.1% 2023 up 70.5% 58th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2020 down 2.1% 83rd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.21 GPI 2023 down 2.0% 98th
Secondary education, teachers, female 55,489 2024 up 14.9% 54th
Primary completion rate, female 101.5% 2023 down 3.2% 35th
Primary completion rate, male 99.0% 2023 down 4.4% 49th
Government expenditure on education, total 3.7% 2024 down 29.2% 117th
Secondary education, general pupils 1.62 million 2018 up 84.2% 54th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 90.5% 2023 up 0.6% 89th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 56.5% 2021 up 5.8% 112th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 54.1% 2021 up 4.3% 112th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.4% 2023 up 0.7% 77th
Government expenditure on education, total 15.5% 2025 up 33.7% 58th
Secondary education, general pupils 50.6% 2018 up 3.4% 71st
Lower secondary completion rate, female 91.8% 2023 up 1.8% 90th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 89.2% 2023 down 0.6% 87th
Children out of school 4.7% 2023 up 139.5% 85th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 1.72 million 2024 down 17.4% 70th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 1.79 million 2024 down 4.5% 54th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 94.1% 2023 up 0.5% 77th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 94.6% 2023 up 0.8% 65th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 269,817 2018 up 3.2% 40th
Number of under-five deaths, male 2,002 2024 down 29.8% 78th
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,487 2024 down 28.4% 81st
Number of infant deaths, male 1,703 2024 down 29.0% 76th
Number of infant deaths, female 1,242 2024 down 27.2% 78th
Children out of school, female 3.2% 2023 up 250.5% 117th
Children out of school, male 6.2% 2023 up 107.4% 79th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 43.9% 2018 down 14.1% 74th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 104.6% 2018 down 19.0% 71st
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 8.5% 135th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 9.2% 123rd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 8.6% 146th
Primary education, teachers 79.4% 2024 up 7.4% 90th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.5% 2018 down 66.5% 142nd