El Salvador vs Sudan: Share of the population with tertiary education
El Salvador
6.3%
in 2020
Sudan
6.6%
in 2020
El Salvador rank
78th
Sudan rank
76th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- El Salvador
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 6.6% against 6.3% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Sudan ahead.
El Salvador ranks 78th and Sudan ranks 76th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 12 and Sudan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sudan | 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% | 0.0% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1.6% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 4.7% | 0.8% | 3.9% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 7.6% | 0.8% | 6.8% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 11.1% | 1.6% | 9.5% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 3.6% | 3.0% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 6.6% | 0.3% | Sudan |
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 Sudan?
- Sudan, 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 Sudan?
- 0.3%, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sudan?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do El Salvador and Sudan rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- El Salvador ranks 78th and Sudan 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.