El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes

El Salvador
230,010 number
in 2018
Nicaragua
218,062 number
in 2010
El Salvador rank
77th
Nicaragua rank
80th

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k197019942018

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 230,010 number against 218,062 number in Nicaragua, a difference of 11,948 number.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 77th and Nicaragua ranks 80th of 199 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1970s 34,444 number 9,143 number 25,301 number El Salvador
1980s 61,195 number 55,107 number 6,088 number El Salvador
1990s 139,137 number 107,214 number 31,923 number El Salvador
2000s 229,239 number 194,490 number 34,749 number El Salvador
2010s 227,253 number 218,062 number 9,191 number El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
El Salvador, at 230,010 number against 218,062 number in Nicaragua as of 2018.
What is the difference in enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
11,948 number, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
33 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2010.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 77th and Nicaragua ranks 80th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 8,121 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) regardless of age. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.