El Salvador vs Malaysia: Human capital composite index

El Salvador
-0.5963 standard deviations from the yearly mean
in 2024
Malaysia
-0.6015 standard deviations from the yearly mean
in 2024
El Salvador rank
167th
Malaysia rank
168th

Human capital composite index over time

  • El Salvador
  • Malaysia
-0.500.511.5197019972024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports -0.5963 standard deviations from the yearly mean against -0.6015 standard deviations from the yearly mean in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0052 standard deviations from the yearly mean.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malaysia ahead.

El Salvador ranks 167th and Malaysia ranks 168th of 202 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Malaysia Difference Ahead
1970s -0.0434 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.6659 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.7093 standard deviations from the yearly mean Malaysia
1980s 0.0148 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.6203 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.6054 standard deviations from the yearly mean Malaysia
1990s -0.1408 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.4164 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.5572 standard deviations from the yearly mean Malaysia
2000s 0.1491 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.2192 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.0701 standard deviations from the yearly mean Malaysia
2010s -0.0975 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.0567 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.1542 standard deviations from the yearly mean Malaysia
2020s -0.5083 standard deviations from the yearly mean -0.4472 standard deviations from the yearly mean 0.0611 standard deviations from the yearly mean Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human capital composite index, El Salvador or Malaysia?
El Salvador, at -0.5963 standard deviations from the yearly mean against -0.6015 standard deviations from the yearly mean in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in human capital composite index between El Salvador and Malaysia?
0.0052 standard deviations from the yearly mean, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malaysia?
41 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Malaysia rank globally for human capital composite index?
El Salvador ranks 167th and Malaysia ranks 168th 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.