Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 50.9% 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 50.9% 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 3.0% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador peaked at 50.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.2%, in 2000.
El Salvador ranks 86th of 100 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 | 25.2% | — |
| 2001 | 26.7% | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 26.6% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 29.4% | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 29.9% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 31.0% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 30.6% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 29.1% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 31.0% | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 30.3% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 36.0% | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 33.7% | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 35.8% | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 37.1% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 38.2% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 39.9% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 41.2% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 43.3% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 44.1% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 45.3% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 47.1% | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 48.4% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 49.4% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 50.9% | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.0% | 25.2% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.5% | 33.7% | 45.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.0% | 47.1% | 50.9% | 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 50.9% 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 50.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.2% 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 37.0%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release