El Salvador vs Zambia: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
El Salvador
86.0%
in 2024
Zambia
86.2%
in 2017
El Salvador rank
150th
Zambia rank
147th
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education over time
- El Salvador
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 86.2% against 86.0% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1820 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 150th and Zambia ranks 147th of 190 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 18 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | El Salvador |
| 1830s | 1.6% | 0.0% | 1.6% | El Salvador |
| 1840s | 2.5% | 0.0% | 2.5% | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 4.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 6.3% | 0.0% | 6.3% | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 9.7% | 0.0% | 9.7% | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 14.7% | 0.0% | 14.7% | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 19.1% | 0.0% | 19.1% | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 18.3% | 0.0% | 18.3% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 17.9% | 0.2% | 17.7% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 17.6% | 1.7% | 15.9% | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 20.4% | 6.1% | 14.3% | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 32.7% | 16.3% | 16.4% | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 45.3% | 31.1% | 14.2% | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 58.1% | 43.2% | 14.9% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 66.3% | 75.7% | 9.4% | Zambia |
| 1980s | 73.0% | 75.4% | 2.4% | Zambia |
| 1990s | 84.2% | 67.7% | 16.5% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 90.5% | 67.4% | 23.0% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 86.2% | 2.8% | El Salvador |
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 Zambia?
- Zambia, at 86.2% against 86.0% in El Salvador as of 2017.
- What is the difference in gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education between El Salvador and Zambia?
- 0.2%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Zambia?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2017.
- How do El Salvador and Zambia rank globally for gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education?
- El Salvador ranks 150th and Zambia ranks 147th 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.