Tertiary education, academic staff in Ecuador
Ecuador: Tertiary education, academic staff was 42.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tertiary education, academic staff in Ecuador, 1997–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 42.2% for tertiary education, academic staff in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tertiary education, academic staff in Ecuador peaked at 42.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19.7%, in 1997.
Ecuador ranks 87th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 19.7% | 19.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 29.5% | 27.6% | 31.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 38.0% | 34.1% | 40.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 41.7% | 41.2% | 42.2% | 3 |
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More education data for Ecuador
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 77,432 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.6% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 96.0% (2023)
- Labor force, female 41.0% (2025)
- Labor force, total 8.98 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tertiary education, academic staff in Ecuador?
- Tertiary education, academic staff in Ecuador was 42.2% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest tertiary education, academic staff recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 42.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tertiary education, academic staff recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.7% in 1997.
- How does Ecuador rank for tertiary education, academic staff?
- Ecuador ranks 87th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tertiary education, academic staff rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Tertiary education, academic staff (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.