Ecuador

Adult literacy in Ecuador

Adult literacy in Ecuador: 83.6% in 1982 and 93.5% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
93.5%
Since 1982
+9.9 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in EcuadorAdult literacy in Ecuador: 83.6% in 1982 and 93.5% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 96.3% in 2022, the lowest 83.6% in 1982.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 96.3% in 2022, the lowest 83.6% in 1982.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearEcuadorWorld
202493.587.7
2023–87.6
202296.387.4
202194.587.2
202093.687
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201792.886.5
201694.486.3
201594.586
201494.285.6
201393.385.2
201292.184.9
201191.684.7
201091.984.4
200992.383.8
200892.483.5
200792.183.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
20019181.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
199088.374.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
198283.668.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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