Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 35.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador stood at 35.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 37.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 22.9%, in 2007.
That places El Salvador 109th out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.7% | — |
| 2001 | 24.7% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 25.3% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 26.5% | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 26.0% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 26.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24.1% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 22.9% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 26.5% | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 26.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 27.9% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 26.9% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 28.3% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 28.9% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 32.4% | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 32.5% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 32.3% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 31.4% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 35.0% | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 36.5% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 36.6% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 36.9% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 37.9% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 35.5% | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.2% | 22.9% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.2% | 26.9% | 36.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.7% | 35.5% | 37.9% | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (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 35.5% 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 37.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.9% in 2007.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 109th out of 140 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 22.9%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release