Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 8.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador stood at 8.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador peaked at 12.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2014.
El Salvador ranks 111th of 129 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7.7% | — |
| 2006 | 11.6% | +50.7% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | -39.3% |
| 2008 | 11.9% | +69.1% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | -33.5% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | +46.6% |
| 2012 | 12.0% | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | -39.4% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | +40.8% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 6.9% | -34.3% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 10.5% | 7.0% | 11.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 6.5% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 6.9% | 10.5% | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador was 8.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2014.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- El Salvador ranks 111th out of 129 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release