Ecuador - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Ecuador was 6.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 6.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 6.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

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

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Year Value
1970 6.00
1971 6.00
1972 6.00
1973 6.00
1974 6.00
1975 6.00
1976 6.00
1977 6.00
1978 6.00
1979 6.00
1980 6.00
1981 6.00
1982 6.00
1983 6.00
1984 6.00
1985 6.00
1986 6.00
1987 6.00
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 6.00
1991 6.00
1992 6.00
1993 6.00
1994 6.00
1995 6.00
1996 6.00
1997 6.00
1998 6.00
1999 6.00
2000 6.00
2001 6.00
2002 6.00
2003 6.00
2004 6.00
2005 6.00
2006 6.00
2007 6.00
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 6.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 6.00
2014 6.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 6.00
2018 6.00
2019 6.00
2020 6.00
2021 6.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Ecuador was 1,876,429 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,128,039 in 2011 and a minimum value of 984,000 in 1971.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

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

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Year Value
1971 984,000
1972 1,018,800
1973 1,065,000
1974 1,129,600
1975 1,164,223
1976 1,216,233
1977 1,256,418
1978 1,307,158
1979 1,404,201
1980 1,450,109
1981 1,534,258
1982 1,589,997
1983 1,633,516
1984 1,677,364
1985 1,700,755
1986 1,738,549
1987 1,789,982
1988 1,822,252
1989 1,827,920
1990 1,842,953
1991 1,846,338
1992 2,019,850
1993 1,986,753
1994 1,751,123
1995 1,777,304
1996 1,812,255
1997 1,888,172
1998 1,882,945
1999 1,899,466
2000 1,925,420
2001 1,955,060
2002 1,982,636
2003 1,987,465
2004 1,989,665
2005 1,997,624
2006 2,006,430
2007 2,039,168
2008 2,008,015
2009 2,098,874
2010 2,114,197
2011 2,128,039
2012 2,089,088
2013 2,068,184
2014 2,093,835
2015 1,998,135
2016 1,951,188
2017 1,929,416
2018 1,932,261
2019 1,904,379
2020 1,876,429

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Ecuador was 49.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.39 in 2008, while its lowest value was 48.44 in 1980.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

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

See also:

Year Value
1971 48.49
1972 48.47
1973 48.44
1974 48.60
1975 48.67
1976 48.61
1977 48.72
1978 48.70
1979 48.51
1980 48.44
1981 48.62
1983 48.85
1984 49.11
1985 48.96
1986 48.91
1987 48.93
1988 48.96
1993 48.89
1994 49.01
1995 49.01
1996 48.98
1997 48.97
1998 49.06
1999 49.11
2000 49.01
2001 49.12
2002 49.08
2003 49.06
2004 49.02
2005 48.98
2006 48.94
2007 49.00
2008 49.39
2009 49.09
2010 48.98
2011 49.03
2012 49.13
2013 49.05
2014 49.01
2015 49.04
2016 49.14
2017 49.21
2018 49.32

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Ecuador was 76,297 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97,178 in 2011 and a minimum value of 26,609 in 1971.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

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

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Year Value
1971 26,609
1972 27,471
1973 28,380
1974 29,569
1975 31,054
1976 32,279
1977 34,999
1978 36,783
1979 37,665
1980 39,830
1981 42,415
1982 45,459
1983 45,225
1984 50,347
1985 52,733
1986 53,683
1987 55,568
1988 58,326
1989 62,451
1990 60,608
1991 61,039
1992 63,845
1993 63,347
1994 63,500
1995 67,446
1996 70,162
1997 74,601
1998 76,770
1999 80,176
2000 82,809
2001 84,758
2002 81,021
2003 83,736
2004 86,012
2005 87,247
2006 89,115
2007 90,366
2009 90,523
2010 96,170
2011 97,178
2012 94,616
2013 88,770
2014 84,740
2015 79,581
2016 77,749
2017 78,816
2018 79,641
2019 79,990
2020 76,297

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Ecuador was 78.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 78.38 in 2020, while its lowest value was 63.51 in 1971.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

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

See also:

Year Value
1971 63.51
1972 64.15
1973 64.70
1974 65.04
1975 64.29
1976 64.93
1977 65.28
1978 65.66
1979 65.58
1980 64.95
1981 65.30
1982 64.91
1983 65.39
1984 64.60
1985 64.71
1986 65.26
1987 65.29
1988 65.35
1993 65.00
1994 66.98
1995 67.93
1996 68.06
1997 67.24
1998 67.47
1999 67.65
2000 67.64
2001 67.89
2002 69.15
2003 69.37
2004 69.68
2005 69.64
2006 69.82
2007 70.04
2009 72.12
2010 72.51
2011 72.51
2012 72.75
2013 73.44
2014 73.95
2015 74.58
2016 75.79
2017 76.73
2018 77.43
2019 77.81
2020 78.38

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes