Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8104 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
El Salvador recorded 0.8104 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.8606 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5211 GPIA, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 66th out of 94 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 | 0.6759 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.6911 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.746 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 0.68 GPIA | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 0.6987 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.7595 GPIA | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 0.5211 GPIA | -31.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7593 GPIA | +45.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7439 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7868 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7544 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7517 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7291 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7276 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7598 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7625 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.778 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8001 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8051 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7736 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.7736 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8106 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8606 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8104 GPIA | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7062 GPIA | 0.5211 GPIA | 0.7868 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7642 GPIA | 0.7276 GPIA | 0.8051 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8138 GPIA | 0.7736 GPIA | 0.8606 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
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 0.8104 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 0.8606 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5211 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 66th out of 94 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 11.4%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release