Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8533 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
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador is 0.8533 GPIA, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 9.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.9385 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5864 GPIA, in 2006.
El Salvador ranks 71st of 107 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.7234 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7069 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8214 GPIA | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8387 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7612 GPIA | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8056 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.5864 GPIA | -27.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8941 GPIA | +52.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9165 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9126 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8668 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.868 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8024 GPIA | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8482 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8333 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8605 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8995 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8796 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.894 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8167 GPIA | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8323 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.8622 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9385 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8533 GPIA | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7967 GPIA | 0.5864 GPIA | 0.9165 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8569 GPIA | 0.8024 GPIA | 0.8995 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8716 GPIA | 0.8323 GPIA | 0.9385 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 90.12 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 89.9% (2024)
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 0.8533 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 0.9385 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5864 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 71st 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 0.6%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release