Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9159 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 0.9159 GPIA, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 0.9229 GPIA in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.6105 GPIA, in 2006.
El Salvador ranks 89th of 137 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 | 0.8565 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8745 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8775 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.883 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8423 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8885 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.6105 GPIA | -31.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8935 GPIA | +46.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8873 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9073 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9229 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8941 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8886 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.883 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8858 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9108 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8917 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8997 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8829 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8537 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8514 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9079 GPIA | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9077 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9159 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8521 GPIA | 0.6105 GPIA | 0.9073 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8913 GPIA | 0.8537 GPIA | 0.9229 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8957 GPIA | 0.8514 GPIA | 0.9159 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (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 0.9159 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 0.9229 GPIA in 2010.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6105 GPIA in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 89th out of 137 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 3.7%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release