Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9071 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.9071 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.9071 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5583 GPIA, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 75th out of 107 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8333 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8512 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.84 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8575 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8191 GPIA | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8726 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5583 GPIA | -36.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8864 GPIA | +58.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8581 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8791 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8892 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8618 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8635 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8577 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.865 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8897 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8661 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.8726 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8562 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8415 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.8366 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9002 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8864 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9071 GPIA | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8256 GPIA | 0.5583 GPIA | 0.8864 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8663 GPIA | 0.8415 GPIA | 0.8897 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8826 GPIA | 0.8366 GPIA | 0.9071 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador was 0.9071 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9071 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5583 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 75th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release