Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic) was 1.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment with basic education in Ecuador, 2000–2025
Source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total labor force with basic education.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1.3% for unemployment with basic education in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.7% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment with basic education in Ecuador peaked at 5.7% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2025.
That places Ecuador 121st out of 130 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic) in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force with basic education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.1% | — |
| 2001 | 3.2% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | +78.3% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -27.7% |
| 2006 | 3.4% | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | -30.3% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +30.5% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | -23.6% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | +21.6% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | -20.2% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | +27.3% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -20.1% |
| 2025 | 1.3% | -10.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.7%, 20% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.1%, 26% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 2.4% | 5.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More work & labour data for Ecuador
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.578 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.567 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.589 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 17,174 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,794 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 9,543 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 9,549 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 19,092 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment with basic education in Ecuador?
- Unemployment with basic education in Ecuador was 1.3% in 2025, according to Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest unemployment with basic education recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 2003.
- What is the lowest unemployment with basic education recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for unemployment with basic education?
- Ecuador ranks 121st out of 130 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment with basic education rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).