Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 46.9% 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 46.9% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in El Salvador peaked at 46.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20.9%, in 2000.
That places El Salvador 84th out of 101 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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.9% | — |
| 2001 | 22.6% | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 23.2% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 25.7% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 27.3% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 25.5% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 27.3% | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 27.7% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 33.3% | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 29.7% | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 31.7% | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 33.3% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 34.8% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 36.5% | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 37.5% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 39.5% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 40.6% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 41.4% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 42.7% | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 45.0% | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 46.4% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 46.9% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.3% | 20.9% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.8% | 29.7% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.3% | 42.7% | 46.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 81 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 53.1% compare
- 82 Honduras 50.3% compare
- 83 Bangladesh 50.2% compare
- 85 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 46.7% compare
- 86 Uganda 42.4% compare
- 87 Tunisia 41.3% compare
More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 85,821 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
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 46.9% 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 46.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.9% in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- El Salvador ranks 84th out of 101 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 40.7%. 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release