Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador

Ecuador: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education was 0.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.5%
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
85th
of 89 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2010
All-time low
0.5%
in 2012
Years of data
23
1994–2021

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador, 1994–2021

00.20.40.61994200720211994: 0.625 % of workers with high education in the service sector1998: 0.605 % of workers with high education in the service sector1999: 0.6 % of workers with high education in the service sector2000: 0.662 % of workers with high education in the service sector2003: 0.656 % of workers with high education in the service sector2004: 0.635 % of workers with high education in the service sector2005: 0.649 % of workers with high education in the service sector2006: 0.645 % of workers with high education in the service sector2007: 0.635 % of workers with high education in the service sector2008: 0.648 % of workers with high education in the service sector2009: 0.653 % of workers with high education in the service sector2010: 0.668 % of workers with high education in the service sector2011: 0.631 % of workers with high education in the service sector2012: 0.508 % of workers with high education in the service sector2013: 0.661 % of workers with high education in the service sector2014: 0.655 % of workers with high education in the service sector2015: 0.653 % of workers with high education in the service sector2016: 0.615 % of workers with high education in the service sector2017: 0.615 % of workers with high education in the service sector2018: 0.591 % of workers with high education in the service sector2019: 0.579 % of workers with high education in the service sector2020: 0.535 % of workers with high education in the service sector2021: 0.525 % of workers with high education in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers with high education in the service sector.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 0.5% for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in 2021.

The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador peaked at 0.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2012.

Ecuador ranks 85th of 89 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector) in Ecuador, 1994 to 2021.
Year % of workers with high education in the service sector Change
1994 0.6%
1998 0.6% -3.1%
1999 0.6% -0.9%
2000 0.7% +10.3%
2003 0.7% -1.0%
2004 0.6% -3.2%
2005 0.6% +2.3%
2006 0.6% -0.6%
2007 0.6% -1.6%
2008 0.6% +2.1%
2009 0.7% +0.7%
2010 0.7% +2.3%
2011 0.6% -5.5%
2012 0.5% -19.5%
2013 0.7% +30.2%
2014 0.7% -0.9%
2015 0.7% -0.4%
2016 0.6% -5.7%
2017 0.6% -0.0%
2018 0.6% -3.9%
2019 0.6% -2.0%
2020 0.5% -7.6%
2021 0.5% -1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 3
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 8
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 2

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 82 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% compare
  2. 83 Peru 0.5% compare
  3. 84 Cambodia 0.5% compare
  4. 86 Nepal 0.5% compare
  5. 87 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% compare
  6. 88 Madagascar 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 89 places →

More reference data data for Ecuador

All data for Ecuador →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador was 0.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2010.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2012.
How does Ecuador rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education?
Ecuador ranks 85th out of 89 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador. Statizoid. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-workers-with/ecuador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-workers-with/ecuador/">Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Ecuador</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector)
Unit
% of workers with high education in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
89 places, 1,195 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed