Primary school enrolment (gross) in Ecuador

Gross primary school enrolment in Ecuador was 97.2% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2023 97.2% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2022 −2.3percentage points 2022: 99.6%
World, 2023 100.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 112th of 166 See the full ranking

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Ecuador over time

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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period EcuadorWorld
2024 – 102.2%
2023 97.2% 100.7%
2022 99.6% 100.4%
2021 98.2% 99.4%
2020 98.1% 99.6%
2019 98.3% 99.1%
2018 98.9% 99.1%
2017 98.2% 101.8%
2016 99.0% 102.1%
2015 101.1% 101.0%
2014 105.6% 101.6%
2013 104.5% 103.0%
2012 105.7% 102.9%
2011 108.2% 102.4%
2010 108.5% 102.5%
2009 112.4% 102.7%
2008 107.7% 102.9%
2007 109.6% 102.7%
2006 108.0% 101.7%
2005 107.9% 101.7%
2004 107.8% 101.6%
2003 108.2% 100.9%
2002 108.7% 99.4%
2001 108.0% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 99.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 104.5%, the figure has changed by −7.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2023, Ecuador has the 112th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 100.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for Ecuador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics