El Salvador vs Kuwait: Share of the population with tertiary education
El Salvador
6.3%
in 2020
Kuwait
6.3%
in 2020
El Salvador rank
78th
Kuwait rank
78th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- El Salvador
- Kuwait
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 6.3% against 6.3% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Kuwait ahead.
El Salvador ranks 78th and Kuwait ranks 78th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Kuwait in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | Kuwait |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 4.2% | 3.4% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 2.3% | 5.9% | 3.6% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 4.7% | 11.6% | 6.9% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 7.6% | 13.2% | 5.6% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 11.1% | 9.4% | 1.7% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 7.7% | 1.0% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 6.3% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, El Salvador or Kuwait?
- El Salvador, at 6.3% against 6.3% in Kuwait as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do El Salvador and Kuwait rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- El Salvador ranks 78th and Kuwait 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.