Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.642 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador is 0.642 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador peaked at 0.642 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4294 LPIA, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 89th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.4294 LPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.4353 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4486 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4305 LPIA | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4951 LPIA | +15.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4676 LPIA | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4878 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 0.5026 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5145 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5296 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.548 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5735 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5736 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5808 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.606 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6301 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6322 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.642 LPIA | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.436 LPIA | 0.4294 LPIA | 0.4486 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.5273 LPIA | 0.4676 LPIA | 0.5808 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6276 LPIA | 0.606 LPIA | 0.642 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 0.642 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 0.642 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4294 LPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- El Salvador ranks 89th out of 99 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 27.7%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release