El Salvador vs Mauritius: Share of the population with tertiary education
El Salvador
6.3%
in 2020
Mauritius
6.6%
in 2020
El Salvador rank
78th
Mauritius rank
76th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- El Salvador
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 6.6% against 6.3% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Mauritius ahead.
El Salvador ranks 78th and Mauritius ranks 76th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 7 and Mauritius in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Mauritius | 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% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Mauritius |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0.8% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 4.7% | 3.1% | 1.6% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 7.6% | 2.2% | 5.4% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 11.1% | 3.3% | 7.8% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 6.0% | 0.7% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 6.6% | 0.3% | Mauritius |
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 Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 6.6% against 6.3% in El Salvador as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between El Salvador and Mauritius?
- 0.3%, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mauritius?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do El Salvador and Mauritius rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- El Salvador ranks 78th and Mauritius ranks 76th 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.