Unemployment with basic education in Ecuador
Ecuador: Unemployment with basic education was 1.3% in 2025. βΌ Falling
Unemployment with basic education in Ecuador, 2000β2025
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 120th out of 129 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.
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 |
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More work & labour data for Ecuador
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Urban population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Urban population 17,174 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Rural population 5,794 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Total Population - Female 9,543 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Total Population - Male 9,549 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Total Population - Both sexes 19,092 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Urban population, per unit of GDP 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Urban population, per capita 0.0007 1000 No per person (2025)
- Population - Est. & Proj. β Urban population, per square kilometre 0.047 1000 No per square kilometre (2023)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (2023)
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 120th out of 129 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).