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Ecuador — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Ecuador, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
3.69%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +84.3% since 1970
Education spending for Ecuador was 3.69% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 26 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 6.87% in 1986. The lowest was 1.20% in 2000 (about 3.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.14% per year.
Ecuador ranks 108 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Ecuador sits below it. It peaked in 1986 and has fallen 46% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
3.69%
First (1970)
2.00%
Change
+84.3%
Highest
6.87%
in 1986
Lowest
1.20%
in 2000
Average
3.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.14%
Years of data
26
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.69% |
| 2023 | 3.82% |
| 2022 | 3.61% |
| 2021 | 3.66% |
| 2020 | 4.26% |
| 2019 | 4.25% |
| 2018 | 4.63% |
| 2017 | 4.61% |
| 2016 | 4.46% |
| 2015 | 5.11% |
| 2014 | 5.21% |
| 2013 | 4.93% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.