Ecuador - Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Ecuador was 100.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 112.23 in 2014, while its lowest value was 54.94 in 1972.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 55.70
1972 54.94
1973 58.52
1974 61.31
1975 65.22
1976 69.60
1977 71.35
1978 70.46
1979 74.35
1980 77.36
1981 81.16
1982 83.93
1983 87.66
1984 90.01
1985 90.54
1987 93.43
1988 94.92
1994 94.91
1995 92.71
1996 92.28
1997 95.58
1999 96.97
2000 97.24
2001 97.67
2002 97.32
2003 96.65
2004 96.30
2005 100.42
2006 99.77
2007 99.12
2009 97.21
2010 103.20
2011 106.97
2012 108.21
2013 108.70
2014 112.23
2015 106.40
2016 103.56
2017 105.42
2018 104.43
2019 101.50
2020 100.61

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes