Upper secondary completion in Ecuador

In Ecuador, 80.8% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Ecuador, 2024 80.8% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 79.7%

Upper secondary completion in Ecuador over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2024
Period Ecuador
2024 80.8%
2023 79.7%
2022 80.5%
2021 79.1%
2020 73.2%
2019 74.2%
2018 72.3%
2017 69.7%
2016 68.5%
2015 67.1%
2014 64.5%
2013 65.5%
2012 66.5%
2011 64.8%
2010 57.8%
2009 58.2%
2008 55.2%
2007 51.7%
2006 51.3%
2005 49.6%
2003 48.1%
2001 42.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 79.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 64.5%, the figure has changed by +16.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Ecuador
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org