El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female

El Salvador
13.3%
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean
2.5%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
35th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
36th

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female over time

  • El Salvador
  • Latin America & Caribbean
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 13.3% against 2.5% in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 10.8%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 5.2 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 35th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 36th of 166 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
1970s 36.2% 17.1% 19.1% El Salvador
1980s 24.9% 8.9% 16.0% El Salvador
1990s 9.3% 6.2% 3.1% El Salvador
2000s 5.7% 4.2% 1.4% El Salvador
2010s 10.6% 2.9% 7.7% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean?
El Salvador, at 13.3% against 2.5% in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
10.8%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
12 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female?
El Salvador ranks 35th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 36th of 166 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
211 places, 5,144 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

The number of female students of the official age for primary education is subtracted from the total female population of the same age. The result is expressed as a percentage of the female population of the official age for primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/