Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 45.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 45.6% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in El Salvador peaked at 48.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 32.1%, in 2007.
That places El Salvador 83rd out of 108 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 | 35.4% | — |
| 2001 | 36.3% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 37.5% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 38.6% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 37.6% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 36.9% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 35.9% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 32.1% | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 35.7% | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 36.4% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 37.1% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 37.6% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 39.1% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 39.8% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 43.7% | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 43.5% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 43.4% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 42.2% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 46.6% | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 48.3% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 47.6% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 47.1% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 48.4% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 45.6% | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.3% | 32.1% | 38.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.1% | 37.1% | 48.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.2% | 45.6% | 48.4% | 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 45.6% 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 48.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.1% in 2007.
- How does El Salvador rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- El Salvador ranks 83rd out of 108 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 14.5%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release