Education in Ecuador

163 indicators covering education for Ecuador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 95.5% 2023 up 1.4% 65th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 444 2024 down 14.1% 71st
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 636 2024 up 3.8% 64th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2,387 2024 up 71.6% 52nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 4,286 2024 up 117.2% 42nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 106.6% 2018 down 17.1% 51st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 102.8% 2018 down 20.8% 82nd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.5% 2100 down 25.9% 75th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 107,300 people 2100 down 28.6% 64th
Population by level of education 7.32 million people 2100 up 5.0% 69th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.4% 2018 down 67.5% 138th
Repeaters, primary, male 0.5% 2018 down 65.7% 140th
School enrollment, secondary, private 25.8% 2024 down 10.7% 51st
School enrollment, primary 90.9% 2018 down 3.8% 118th
Trained teachers in primary education 89.6% 2024 81st
Over-age students, primary 3.0% 2018 down 68.5% 124th
Secondary education, teachers 59.3% 2024 up 3.6% 98th
School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% 2008 up 0.2% 45th
School enrollment, primary, male 93.1% 2008 down 1.6% 85th
Over-age students, primary, male 3.4% 2018 down 67.7% 127th
Over-age students, primary, female 2.7% 2018 down 69.5% 125th
Compulsory education, duration 15 years 2025 unchanged 3rd
Progression to secondary school 99.6% 2017 up 25.9% 28th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 97.6% 2018 up 3.2% 66th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 90.5% 2024 76th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 85.9% 2024 84th
Primary education, pupils 49.3% 2018 down 0.1% 31st
Tertiary education, academic staff 42.2% 2023 up 23.8% 87th
Persistence to grade 5, female 95.1% 2023 up 1.3% 68th
Persistence to grade 5, male 95.8% 2023 up 1.5% 51st
School enrollment, secondary 84.7% 2018 up 51.2% 67th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 99.2% 2017 up 22.4% 48th
School enrollment, secondary, female 86.0% 2018 up 52.0% 64th
School enrollment, secondary, male 83.4% 2018 up 50.4% 66th
Progression to secondary school, female 100.0% 2017 up 29.7% 1st
Expenditure on tertiary education 43.5% 2015 up 44.0% 4th
Literacy rate, youth female 99.2% 2024 unchanged 33rd
Children out of school, primary 86,090 2023 up 121.4% 57th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 96.1% 2008 down 1.5% 74th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 93.1% 2008 down 3.0% 98th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2024 unchanged 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 98.8% 2024 down 0.2% 33rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 24.26 2018 up 7.5% 74th
Literacy rate, youth total 99.0% 2024 down 0.1% 31st
Expenditure on secondary education 12.1% 2015 up 12.8% 148th
Expenditure on primary education 23.3% 2015 down 36.0% 120th
Secondary education, pupils 49.7% 2018 up 0.4% 73rd
Children out of school, primary, female 28,201 2023 up 223.7% 68th
Children out of school, primary, male 57,889 2023 up 91.8% 61st
Literacy rate, adult total 93.5% 2024 down 0.8% 43rd
Literacy rate, adult male 94.5% 2024 down 0.8% 41st
Trained teachers in preprimary education 91.0% 2024 up 1.9% 56th
Trained teachers in secondary education 78.2% 2024 up 5.0% 75th
Adolescents out of school 13.6% 2023 up 280.7% 55th
Current education expenditure, total 96.9% 2024 down 0.4% 28th
Current education expenditure, primary 100.0% 2024 up 4.7% 13th
Current education expenditure, secondary 100.0% 2024 up 4.7% 10th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 91.6% 2024 up 2.1% 56th
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 81.3% 2024 up 4.6% 69th