El Salvador vs Portugal: School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes

El Salvador
111,765
in 2025
Portugal
93,562
in 2024
El Salvador rank
109th
Portugal rank
112th

School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes over time

  • El Salvador
  • Portugal
050.0k100.0k150.0k197019972025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 111,765 against 93,562 in Portugal, a difference of 18,203.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 109th and Portugal ranks 112th of 222 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Portugal Difference Ahead
2000s 144,000 111,849 32,151 El Salvador
2010s 130,127 107,404 22,722 El Salvador
2020s 113,145 98,387 14,758 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes, El Salvador or Portugal?
El Salvador, at 111,765 against 93,562 in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes between El Salvador and Portugal?
18,203, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Portugal?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Portugal rank globally for school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 109th and Portugal ranks 112th of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

El Salvador vs Portugal: School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number-2/el-salvador/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number-2/el-salvador/portugal/">El Salvador vs Portugal: School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,702 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release