Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8803 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.8803 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.8831 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6466 GPIA, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 89th out of 131 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.8543 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8377 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8375 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8338 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8402 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8051 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8244 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.6466 GPIA | -21.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8381 GPIA | +29.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8359 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8544 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8728 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8624 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.845 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8477 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8618 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8553 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8499 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.863 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8595 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8443 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8293 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8794 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8831 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8803 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8543 GPIA | 0.8543 GPIA | 0.8543 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8154 GPIA | 0.6466 GPIA | 0.8544 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8562 GPIA | 0.8443 GPIA | 0.8728 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.868 GPIA | 0.8293 GPIA | 0.8831 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 years (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 0.8803 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 0.8831 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6466 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 89th out of 131 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 3.8%. 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release