Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8825 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador stood at 0.8825 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.8829 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6136 GPIA, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 71st out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8289 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8227 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8114 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8362 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7914 GPIA | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8129 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.6136 GPIA | -24.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8472 GPIA | +38.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8265 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8411 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8611 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8515 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8368 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8474 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8559 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8537 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8466 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8539 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8528 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8463 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8288 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8829 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8766 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8825 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8032 GPIA | 0.6136 GPIA | 0.8472 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8506 GPIA | 0.8368 GPIA | 0.8611 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8677 GPIA | 0.8288 GPIA | 0.8829 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 16,272 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5,860 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 110,128 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 85,821 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador was 0.8825 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8829 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6136 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 71st out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release