Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 64.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 64.5% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador peaked at 64.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 47.0%, in 2000.
El Salvador ranks 112th of 136 countries on this measure, 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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 47.0% | — |
| 2001 | 47.8% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 49.2% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 51.0% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 50.5% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 51.1% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 50.2% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 49.5% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 51.8% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 52.7% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 57.0% | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 54.0% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 55.5% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 56.4% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 57.2% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 58.4% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 58.6% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 58.6% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 60.6% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 61.5% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 61.9% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 62.4% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 63.8% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 64.5% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.1% | 47.0% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.8% | 54.0% | 61.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.2% | 61.9% | 64.5% | 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 primary education or higher in El Salvador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador was 64.5% 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 64.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.0% in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- El Salvador ranks 112th out of 136 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 14.4%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release