Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8556 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador stood at 0.8556 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador peaked at 0.8907 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6348 GPIA, in 2006.
El Salvador ranks 75th of 100 countries on this measure, 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 primary education or higher in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6825 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7154 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7632 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7415 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7358 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7645 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.6348 GPIA | -17.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7645 GPIA | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 0.779 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8399 GPIA | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8531 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7791 GPIA | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7872 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.81 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8298 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8396 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8314 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8353 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8526 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8372 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8265 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8698 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8907 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8556 GPIA | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7421 GPIA | 0.6348 GPIA | 0.8399 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8255 GPIA | 0.7791 GPIA | 0.8531 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8606 GPIA | 0.8265 GPIA | 0.8907 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
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 (2025)
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 0.8556 GPIA 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 0.8907 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6348 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- El Salvador ranks 75th 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 5.6%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). 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