Qualified primary teachers in Ecuador

Name: Qualified primary teachers in Ecuador
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Ecuador, 89.6% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education % of primary teachers Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS

Ecuador, 2024 89.6% % of primary teachers

Change from 2023 −0.7percentage points 2023: 90.2%

Position in 2024 46th of 79 See the full ranking

Qualified primary teachers in Ecuador over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2001 to 2024
Period	Ecuador
2024	89.6%
2023	90.2%
2022	89.5%
2021	88.8%
2020	88.4%
2001	86.9%

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In short

That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 90.2% in 2023.
Since 2000, when it was 87.0%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.
Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Ecuador has the 46th highest value.

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All statistics for Ecuador

ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 18.9% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 98.1% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 91.7% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 80.8% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 4.7% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 13.6% 2023 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2000 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

How Ecuador compares in 2024 Neighbouring positions among 79 countries with a value for 2024.

43 Ukraine 89.9%
44 Gambia 89.8%
45 Seychelles 89.7%
46 Ecuador 89.6%
47 Kiribati 89.4%
48 Ghana 89.3%
49 Viet Nam 89.2%

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Ecuador by sex

Total 89.6%2024
Women 90.5%2024
Men 85.9%2024

Each group's most recent published value. Open a group to see its trend.

What this measures

Share of primary school teachers who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required to teach at that level in the country (SDG indicator 4.c.1).

Each country sets its own minimum qualification, so the share is not a measure of the same standard everywhere.

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