Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8922 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 0.8922 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador peaked at 0.8994 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7296 GPIA, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 102nd out of 133 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8427 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8435 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8545 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8393 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8229 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8462 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7296 GPIA | -13.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8601 GPIA | +17.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8425 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8741 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8981 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8647 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8624 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8702 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8793 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8786 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8789 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8728 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8814 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.877 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8782 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8986 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8994 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8922 GPIA | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8355 GPIA | 0.7296 GPIA | 0.8741 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8763 GPIA | 0.8624 GPIA | 0.8981 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8921 GPIA | 0.8782 GPIA | 0.8994 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 195,949 (2024)
- 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)
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 0.8922 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 0.8994 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7296 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- El Salvador ranks 102nd out of 133 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 2.5%. 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release