El Salvador vs Romania: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
El Salvador
86.0%
in 2024
Romania
84.3%
in 2023
El Salvador rank
150th
Romania rank
152nd
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education over time
- El Salvador
- Romania
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 86.0% against 84.3% in Romania, a difference of 1.7%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1820 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 150th and Romania ranks 152nd of 190 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 9 and Romania in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | El Salvador |
| 1830s | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | El Salvador |
| 1840s | 2.5% | 1.2% | 1.3% | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 4.0% | 1.8% | 2.2% | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 6.3% | 2.8% | 3.5% | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 9.7% | 4.1% | 5.5% | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 14.7% | 6.1% | 8.5% | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 19.1% | 10.1% | 8.9% | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 18.3% | 17.9% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 17.9% | 25.7% | 7.7% | Romania |
| 1920s | 17.6% | 33.4% | 15.8% | Romania |
| 1930s | 20.4% | 41.2% | 20.8% | Romania |
| 1940s | 32.7% | 49.0% | 16.2% | Romania |
| 1950s | 45.3% | 59.0% | 13.7% | Romania |
| 1960s | 58.1% | 73.4% | 15.3% | Romania |
| 1970s | 66.3% | 87.3% | 21.0% | Romania |
| 1980s | 67.4% | 80.2% | 12.7% | Romania |
| 2000s | 92.7% | 97.7% | 4.9% | Romania |
| 2010s | 90.6% | 91.4% | 0.8% | Romania |
| 2020s | 86.4% | 87.6% | 1.2% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education, El Salvador or Romania?
- El Salvador, at 86.0% against 84.3% in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education between El Salvador and Romania?
- 1.7%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Romania?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Romania rank globally for gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education?
- El Salvador ranks 150th and Romania ranks 152nd of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.