Government spending on education as a share of GDP in El Salvador
El Salvador: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in El Salvador, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, government spending on education as a share of gdp in El Salvador stood at 3.3%.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in El Salvador peaked at 4.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1975.
El Salvador ranks 134th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 2.8% | 4.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 5 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 89.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 22,132 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.77 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 90.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in El Salvador?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in El Salvador was 3.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1975.
- How does El Salvador rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 134th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.