El Salvador vs Jamaica: Secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre

El Salvador
20.75 units per square kilometre
in 2018
Jamaica
18.52 units per square kilometre
in 2018
El Salvador rank
39th
Jamaica rank
41st

Secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 20.75 units per square kilometre against 18.52 units per square kilometre in Jamaica, a difference of 2.23 units per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Jamaica ahead.

El Salvador ranks 39th and Jamaica ranks 41st of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Jamaica Difference Ahead
1970s 7.24 units per square kilometre 17.95 units per square kilometre 10.72 units per square kilometre Jamaica
1980s 8.76 units per square kilometre 21.63 units per square kilometre 12.87 units per square kilometre Jamaica
1990s 10.5 units per square kilometre 21.88 units per square kilometre 11.39 units per square kilometre Jamaica
2000s 18.65 units per square kilometre 22.05 units per square kilometre 3.4 units per square kilometre Jamaica
2010s 23.2 units per square kilometre 20.89 units per square kilometre 2.31 units per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Jamaica?
El Salvador, at 20.75 units per square kilometre against 18.52 units per square kilometre in Jamaica as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Jamaica?
2.23 units per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
26 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 39th and Jamaica ranks 41st of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
246 places, 9,094 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, general pupils divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.