Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 1.06 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.06 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.8% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4473 GPIA, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 73rd out of 127 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.6993 GPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.4473 GPIA | -36.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7826 GPIA | +75.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8295 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 0.915 GPIA | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8132 GPIA | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8604 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8835 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9155 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 0.943 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8842 GPIA | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9286 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9336 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9367 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9006 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8888 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.959 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9207 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 1.06 GPIA | +14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6993 GPIA | 0.6993 GPIA | 0.6993 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7436 GPIA | 0.4473 GPIA | 0.915 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8999 GPIA | 0.8132 GPIA | 0.943 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9564 GPIA | 0.8888 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (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 1.06 GPIA 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 1.06 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4473 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- El Salvador ranks 73rd out of 127 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 up 15.5%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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