Ecuador
Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income· 17.98M inhabitants
Last updated: May 27, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Ecuador
Ecuador lags behind global peers in Governance (39, 40th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
50.88
47th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity59.14
Near the global average · 47th %-tile
Governance39.12
Below global avg. · 40th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Infrastructure61.00
Near the global average · 41st %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Human Capital54.28
Above global avg. · 54th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation40.85
Near the global average · 49th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | Chile | 70.69 |
| 39 | 2 | Uruguay | 65.36 |
| 42 | 3 | Argentina | 64.34 |
| — | — | St. Vincent and the Grenadines(microstate) | 60.07 |
| — | — | Antigua and Barbuda(microstate) | 59.84 |
| — | — | Barbados(microstate) | 59.30 |
| 64 | 4 | Peru | 58.45 |
| — | — | Aruba(microstate) | 57.21 |
| — | — | Cayman Islands(microstate) | 55.79 |
| — | — | St. Kitts and Nevis(microstate) | 55.69 |
| 77 | 5 | Colombia | 55.60 |
| — | — | Turks and Caicos Islands(microstate) | 55.11 |
| — | — | Curacao(microstate) | 55.07 |
| 79 | 6 | Mexico | 54.81 |
| — | — | British Virgin Islands(microstate) | 54.50 |
| — | — | St. Martin (French part)(microstate) | 54.20 |
| — | — | Virgin Islands (U.S.)(microstate) | 54.17 |
| 82 | 7 | Brazil | 54.00 |
| 83 | 8 | Puerto Rico | 53.98 |
| 84 | 9 | Cuba | 53.76 |
| 88 | 10 | Costa Rica | 53.00 |
| — | — | Sint Maarten (Dutch part)(microstate) | 52.03 |
| — | — | St. Lucia(microstate) | 51.19 |
| 95 | 11 | Ecuador | 50.88 |
| 99 | 12 | Bolivia | 50.03 |
| 100 | 13 | Jamaica | 49.46 |
| 101 | 14 | Panama | 49.40 |
| — | — | Grenada(microstate) | 49.18 |
| 108 | 15 | Dominican Republic | 47.03 |
| — | — | Dominica(microstate) | 46.62 |
| 111 | 16 | Bahamas, The | 44.52 |
| 112 | 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.42 |
| 113 | 18 | Paraguay | 44.32 |
| 116 | 19 | Guyana | 42.30 |
| 117 | 20 | El Salvador | 42.10 |
| 120 | 21 | Belize | 41.06 |
| 121 | 22 | Venezuela, RB | 40.88 |
| 125 | 23 | Suriname | 37.33 |
| 130 | 24 | Honduras | 33.83 |
| 137 | 25 | Guatemala | 31.85 |
| 138 | 26 | Nicaragua | 31.15 |
| 159 | 27 | Haiti | 23.29 |