Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender 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 gender 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% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1.06 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.11 GPIA, 95% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1.06 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.19 GPIA, 89% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +75.0% | 0.4473 GPIA | 0.7826 GPIA |
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 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More education data for El Salvador
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 85.98 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 84.74 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17,715 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 21,853 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 100,826 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 100,758 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 417,193 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 594,860 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
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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February 2026 Data Release