Benin vs El Salvador: Share of the population with tertiary education
Benin
6.1%
in 2020
El Salvador
6.3%
in 2020
Benin rank
80th
El Salvador rank
78th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Benin
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 6.3% against 6.1% in Benin, a difference of 0.2%.
Across all 31 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 80th and El Salvador ranks 78th of 111 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 2.3% | 2.0% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 4.7% | 4.2% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 7.6% | 6.1% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 11.1% | 8.7% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 6.7% | 2.7% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 6.1% | 6.3% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Benin or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 6.3% against 6.1% in Benin as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Benin and El Salvador?
- 0.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and El Salvador?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Benin and El Salvador rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Benin ranks 80th and El Salvador ranks 78th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.