Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 56.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador stood at 56.6%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 56.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33.2%, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 75th out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 40.7% | — |
| 2001 | 41.3% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 42.6% | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 44.4% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 42.1% | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 43.0% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 33.2% | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 42.5% | +28.1% |
| 2008 | 42.8% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 44.9% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 48.6% | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 46.7% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 47.4% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 48.8% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 49.9% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 50.2% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 50.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 50.2% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 52.7% | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 53.8% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 52.6% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 54.3% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 55.4% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 56.6% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.8% | 33.2% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.9% | 46.7% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.7% | 52.6% | 56.6% | 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 56.6% 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 56.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.2% in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 75th 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 16.1%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release