Compulsory education, duration in El Salvador
El Salvador: Compulsory education, duration was 15 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in El Salvador, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 15 years for compulsory education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in El Salvador peaked at 15 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
El Salvador ranks 3rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Compulsory education, duration in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 years | — |
| 1999 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 years | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 15 years | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 15 years | +0.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 15 years is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10 years, 1.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 15 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12 years, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.9 years | 9 years | 15 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 6 |
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 compulsory education, duration in El Salvador?
- Compulsory education, duration in El Salvador was 15 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 15 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does El Salvador rank for compulsory education, duration?
- El Salvador ranks 3rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.