Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in El Salvador
El Salvador: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index was 0.89 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in El Salvador, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in El Salvador is 0.89 LPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in El Salvador peaked at 0.9 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.66 LPIA, in 1992.
El Salvador ranks 31st of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.66 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7144 LPIA | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7344 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.728 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.7497 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7574 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7791 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.77 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.76 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.78 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.77 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.77 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.79 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8039 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.82 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8436 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 0.84 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.85 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.86 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.87 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.88 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.88 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8884 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8857 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.89 LPIA | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.66 LPIA | 0.66 LPIA | 0.66 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7543 LPIA | 0.7144 LPIA | 0.78 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8328 LPIA | 0.77 LPIA | 0.88 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8888 LPIA | 0.88 LPIA | 0.9 LPIA | 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, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in El Salvador?
- Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index in El Salvador was 0.89 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.66 LPIA in 1992.
- How does El Salvador rank for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index?
- El Salvador ranks 31st out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release