Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.5029 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.5029 LPIA
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
74th
of 95 countries
All-time high
0.5187 LPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.2009 LPIA
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.5029 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.5187 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2009 LPIA, in 2000.
El Salvador ranks 74th of 95 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2009 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.2284 LPIA | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2329 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2573 LPIA | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2787 LPIA | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2896 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.2765 LPIA | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2703 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2997 LPIA | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2932 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.367 LPIA | +25.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3111 LPIA | -15.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3273 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3553 LPIA | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 0.3713 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3896 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4107 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4377 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4303 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.4415 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4732 LPIA | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5035 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5187 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5029 LPIA | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2627 LPIA | 0.2009 LPIA | 0.2997 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3842 LPIA | 0.3111 LPIA | 0.4415 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4996 LPIA | 0.4732 LPIA | 0.5187 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More education data for El Salvador
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 218,890 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 201,584 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5618 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 195,949 (2024)
- 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)
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 0.5029 LPIA 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 0.5187 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2009 LPIA in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 74th out of 95 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 41.6%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release