Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in El Salvador
El Salvador: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education was 6.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in El Salvador, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 6.5% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 86.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in El Salvador peaked at 66.6% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2010.
That places El Salvador 87th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 66.6% | — |
| 1965 | 66.6% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 66.5% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 66.6% | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 66.5% | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 66.3% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 59.9% | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 52.5% | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 46.7% | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 37.7% | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 6.5% | -82.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 6.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.3%, 45% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 6.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11.6%, 56% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.6% | 66.6% | 66.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 66.6% | 66.5% | 66.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 66.4% | 66.3% | 66.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 56.2% | 52.5% | 59.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.2% | 37.7% | 46.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More education data for El Salvador
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17,715 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 21,853 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 100,826 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 100,758 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 417,193 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 594,860 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0939 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in El Salvador?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in El Salvador was 6.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 66.6% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education?
- El Salvador ranks 87th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education