El Salvador vs Mexico: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
El Salvador
0.8671 modelled data
in 2025
Mexico
0.866 modelled data
in 2025
El Salvador rank
128th
Mexico rank
129th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- El Salvador
- Mexico
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.8671 modelled data against 0.866 modelled data in Mexico, a difference of 0.0011 modelled data.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 128th and Mexico ranks 129th of 205 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Mexico in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.13 modelled data | 1.04 modelled data | 0.098 modelled data | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.9475 modelled data | 0.9576 modelled data | 0.0102 modelled data | Mexico |
| 2020s | 0.8385 modelled data | 0.8113 modelled data | 0.0272 modelled data | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, El Salvador or Mexico?
- El Salvador, at 0.8671 modelled data against 0.866 modelled data in Mexico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between El Salvador and Mexico?
- 0.0011 modelled data, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mexico?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Mexico rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- El Salvador ranks 128th and Mexico ranks 129th of 205 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release