Completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female in El Salvador
El Salvador: Completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female was 93.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female in El Salvador stood at 93.4%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female in El Salvador peaked at 93.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 62.6%, in 2001.
El Salvador ranks 22nd of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 63.5% | — |
| 2001 | 62.6% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 72.5% | +15.8% |
| 2003 | 71.5% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 72.0% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 70.1% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 74.5% | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 77.2% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 81.9% | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 82.7% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 86.0% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 86.8% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 89.0% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 89.7% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 90.7% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 87.9% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 87.8% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 91.7% | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 90.7% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 93.2% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 93.4% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.8% | 62.6% | 81.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 87.7% | 82.7% | 90.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 92.2% | 90.7% | 93.4% | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female in El Salvador?
- Completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female in El Salvador was 93.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 93.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.6% in 2001.
- How does El Salvador rank for completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female?
- El Salvador ranks 22nd out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, primary education, second quintile, female rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. 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, primary education, second quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release