Literacy rate of young men vs. women in El Salvador
El Salvador: Literacy rate of young men vs. women was 97.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate of young men vs. women in El Salvador, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate of young men vs. women in El Salvador stood at 97.9%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate of young men vs. women in El Salvador peaked at 98.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 85.0%, in 1992.
That places El Salvador 48th out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Literacy rate of young men vs. women in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 85.0% | — |
| 2000 | 92.2% | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 93.5% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 92.9% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 93.3% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 93.7% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 94.9% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 94.4% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 93.2% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 95.4% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 94.7% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 95.7% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 96.2% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 96.7% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 97.0% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 97.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 97.5% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 97.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 97.7% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 98.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 98.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 97.8% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 97.6% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.0% | 85.0% | 85.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 93.8% | 92.2% | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.1% | 95.7% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.9% | 97.6% | 98.3% | 5 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17,715 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 21,853 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 100,826 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 100,758 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 417,193 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 594,860 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0939 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate of young men vs. women in El Salvador?
- Literacy rate of young men vs. women in El Salvador was 97.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rate of young men vs. women recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest literacy rate of young men vs. women recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.0% in 1992.
- How does El Salvador rank for literacy rate of young men vs. women?
- El Salvador ranks 48th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate of young men vs. women 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rate of young men vs. women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of men aged 15 to 24 years who can read and write.