Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador

El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.3923 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.3923 LPIA
Change on year
down 5.5%
World rank
84th
of 105 countries
All-time high
0.415 LPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.125 LPIA
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador, 2000–2023

0.10.20.30.42000201120232000: 0.125 LPIA2001: 0.148 LPIA2002: 0.147 LPIA2003: 0.161 LPIA2004: 0.175 LPIA2005: 0.19 LPIA2006: 0.17 LPIA2007: 0.163 LPIA2008: 0.207 LPIA2009: 0.194 LPIA2010: 0.256 LPIA2011: 0.201 LPIA2012: 0.215 LPIA2013: 0.227 LPIA2014: 0.27 LPIA2015: 0.292 LPIA2016: 0.303 LPIA2017: 0.339 LPIA2018: 0.332 LPIA2019: 0.334 LPIA2020: 0.378 LPIA2021: 0.408 LPIA2022: 0.415 LPIA2023: 0.392 LPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador is 0.3923 LPIA, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and up 72.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.415 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.125 LPIA, in 2000.

El Salvador ranks 84th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) in El Salvador, 2000 to 2023.
Year LPIA Change
2000 0.125 LPIA
2001 0.1476 LPIA +18.1%
2002 0.1466 LPIA -0.7%
2003 0.1606 LPIA +9.5%
2004 0.1746 LPIA +8.7%
2005 0.1901 LPIA +8.9%
2006 0.1696 LPIA -10.8%
2007 0.1628 LPIA -4.0%
2008 0.2066 LPIA +26.9%
2009 0.1939 LPIA -6.1%
2010 0.2563 LPIA +32.1%
2011 0.201 LPIA -21.6%
2012 0.2149 LPIA +6.9%
2013 0.2271 LPIA +5.7%
2014 0.2698 LPIA +18.8%
2015 0.2917 LPIA +8.1%
2016 0.3028 LPIA +3.8%
2017 0.3394 LPIA +12.1%
2018 0.3318 LPIA -2.2%
2019 0.3341 LPIA +0.7%
2020 0.3781 LPIA +13.2%
2021 0.4077 LPIA +7.8%
2022 0.415 LPIA +1.8%
2023 0.3923 LPIA -5.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1678 LPIA 0.125 LPIA 0.2066 LPIA 10
2010s 0.2769 LPIA 0.201 LPIA 0.3394 LPIA 10
2020s 0.3983 LPIA 0.3781 LPIA 0.415 LPIA 4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 81 Bolivia 0.424 LPIA compare
  2. 82 Ghana 0.4097 LPIA compare
  3. 83 Tunisia 0.3974 LPIA compare
  4. 85 Mexico 0.3859 LPIA compare
  5. 86 Pakistan 0.3736 LPIA compare
  6. 87 Afghanistan 0.3628 LPIA compare

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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 0.3923 LPIA 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 0.415 LPIA in 2022.
What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.125 LPIA in 2000.
How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
El Salvador ranks 84th out of 105 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 72.8%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA)
Unit
LPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
105 places, 1,647 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release