Ecuador's government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) was 5.29% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.7 percentage points from 4.59% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.29% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 4.59% | 2011 |
| Highest | 8.32% | 1999 |
| Lowest | 4.27% | 2010 |
| Average since 2009 | 4.76% | 2009–2016 |
| First recorded | 8.32% | 1999 |
Over five years it is up 0.7 percentage points from 4.59% in 2011. Since 1999 it is down 3.03 percentage points from 8.32% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.62 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.93 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.14 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 85% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2016, Ecuador had the 29th highest value of the 30 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 5.29% | 2016 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 15.02% | 2016 |
Closest to Ecuador in the 2016 ranking
- Mauritania — 26th of 30: 14.17%
- Paraguay — 27th of 30: 11.92%
- Bangladesh — 28th of 30: 9.88%
- Monaco — 30th of 30: 4.95%
What this measures
Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 10 values
| Year | Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 5.29 |
| 2015 | 5.08 |
| 2014 | 4.94 |
| 2013 | 5.08 |
| 2012 | 4.46 |
| 2011 | 4.59 |
| 2010 | 4.27 |
| 2009 | 4.38 |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 |
Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 20.62% (2017)
- Barbados — 28.04% (2016)
- Belize — 27.32% (2017)
- Brazil — 21.53% (2015)
- Chile — 18.68% (2017)
- Colombia — 17.65% (2018)
- Costa Rica — 21.14% (2018)
- Dominican Republic — 15.1% (2018)
- El Salvador
More education data for Ecuador
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.72 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 77,432 (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 55.29% (2021)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 79.45% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 1.79 million (2024)
- Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary — 19.32 (2018)
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Questions people ask
- What is Ecuador's government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)?
- 5.29% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is down 3.03 percentage points from 8.32% in 1999. The highest value was 8.32% in 1999 and the lowest 4.27% in 2010.
- How does Ecuador rank?
- 29th highest of 30 economies with data for 2016.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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