Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total in El Salvador
El Salvador: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total was 734 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total in El Salvador, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total in El Salvador stood at 734. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total in El Salvador peaked at 734 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 249, in 1960.
El Salvador ranks 77th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 249 | — |
| 1965 | 311 | +24.9% |
| 1970 | 377 | +21.2% |
| 1975 | 446 | +18.3% |
| 1980 | 501 | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 531 | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 599 | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 690 | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 658 | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 676 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 734 | +8.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 280 | 249 | 311 | 2 |
| 1970s | 411.5 | 377 | 446 | 2 |
| 1980s | 516 | 501 | 531 | 2 |
| 1990s | 644.5 | 599 | 690 | 2 |
| 2000s | 667 | 658 | 676 | 2 |
| 2010s | 734 | 734 | 734 | 1 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 22,132 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 90.12 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 89.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total in El Salvador?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total in El Salvador was 734 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 734 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 249 in 1960.
- How does El Salvador rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total?
- El Salvador ranks 77th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15-19, total rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 15-19, total is the total population of 15-19 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.