Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.6308 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador stood at 0.6308 LPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador peaked at 0.633 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3371 LPIA, in 2000.
That places El Salvador 86th out of 100 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 primary education or higher in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3371 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.3633 LPIA | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3631 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3884 LPIA | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3997 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4206 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4292 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4094 LPIA | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4356 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4268 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4905 LPIA | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4479 LPIA | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4707 LPIA | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4884 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5058 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5222 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5356 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5665 LPIA | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 0.5678 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5693 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5883 LPIA | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6241 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.633 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6308 LPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3973 LPIA | 0.3371 LPIA | 0.4356 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5165 LPIA | 0.4479 LPIA | 0.5693 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.619 LPIA | 0.5883 LPIA | 0.633 LPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 417,193 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22,132 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 198,303 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -11.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador was 0.6308 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.633 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3371 LPIA in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- El Salvador ranks 86th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release