Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador
El Salvador: Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity was 1.09 modelled data in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
1.09 modelled data
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
45th
of 164 countries
All-time high
1.09 modelled data
in 2025
All-time low
0.6402 modelled data
in 1981
Years of data
45
1981–2025
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.09 modelled data for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador peaked at 1.09 modelled data in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6402 modelled data, in 1981.
That places El Salvador 45th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | modelled data | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.6402 modelled data | — |
| 1982 | 0.6566 modelled data | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6744 modelled data | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.6889 modelled data | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.7081 modelled data | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.723 modelled data | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7382 modelled data | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7459 modelled data | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7516 modelled data | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7525 modelled data | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7652 modelled data | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7787 modelled data | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7943 modelled data | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.81 modelled data | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8221 modelled data | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.83 modelled data | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8324 modelled data | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8307 modelled data | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8361 modelled data | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8451 modelled data | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8576 modelled data | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8722 modelled data | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8819 modelled data | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8959 modelled data | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9095 modelled data | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9263 modelled data | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9471 modelled data | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9657 modelled data | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9812 modelled data | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9913 modelled data | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1 modelled data | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.01 modelled data | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.02 modelled data | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.03 modelled data | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.04 modelled data | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.05 modelled data | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.06 modelled data | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.06 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.06 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.07 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.07 modelled data | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.08 modelled data | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.08 modelled data | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.08 modelled data | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1.09 modelled data | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.703 modelled data | 0.6402 modelled data | 0.7516 modelled data | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8052 modelled data | 0.7525 modelled data | 0.8361 modelled data | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9082 modelled data | 0.8451 modelled data | 0.9812 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 modelled data | 0.9913 modelled data | 1.06 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 modelled data | 1.07 modelled data | 1.09 modelled data | 6 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador was 1.09 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 modelled data in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6402 modelled data in 1981.
- How does El Salvador rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- El Salvador ranks 45th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release