El Salvador vs Guinea: Human capital composite index

El Salvador
-0.5963 standard deviations from the yearly mean
in 2024
Guinea
-0.5172 standard deviations from the yearly mean
in 2020
El Salvador rank
167th
Guinea rank
164th

Human capital composite index over time

  • El Salvador
  • Guinea
-2-101197019972024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports -0.5172 standard deviations from the yearly mean against -0.5963 standard deviations from the yearly mean in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0791 standard deviations from the yearly mean.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1971 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 167th and Guinea ranks 164th of 202 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1077 standard deviations from the yearly mean -1.29 standard deviations from the yearly mean 1.4 standard deviations from the yearly mean El Salvador
1980s -0.0285 standard deviations from the yearly mean -1.69 standard deviations from the yearly mean 1.66 standard deviations from the yearly mean El Salvador
1990s -0.1362 standard deviations from the yearly mean -1.86 standard deviations from the yearly mean 1.73 standard deviations from the yearly mean El Salvador
2000s 0.1391 standard deviations from the yearly mean -1.67 standard deviations from the yearly mean 1.81 standard deviations from the yearly mean El Salvador
2010s -0.0272 standard deviations from the yearly mean -1.37 standard deviations from the yearly mean 1.35 standard deviations from the yearly mean El Salvador
2020s -0.5312 standard deviations from the yearly mean -0.5172 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.014 standard deviations from the yearly mean Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human capital composite index, El Salvador or Guinea?
Guinea, at -0.5172 standard deviations from the yearly mean against -0.5963 standard deviations from the yearly mean in El Salvador as of 2020.
What is the difference in human capital composite index between El Salvador and Guinea?
0.0791 standard deviations from the yearly mean, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guinea?
29 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Guinea rank globally for human capital composite index?
El Salvador ranks 167th and Guinea ranks 164th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Human capital composite index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Human capital composite index
Unit
standard deviations from the yearly mean
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 8,876 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

An equal-weighted index of 4 indicators: Literacy rate, adult total; School enrollment, primary; School enrollment, secondary; Government expenditure on education, total. Each is standardised against that year's spread across all reporting countries before averaging, so a score of 0 is the average country and +1 is one standard deviation above it.