Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in El Salvador
El Salvador: Literacy rates vs average years of schooling was 89.85 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in El Salvador, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 89.85 for literacy rates vs average years of schooling in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates vs average years of schooling in El Salvador peaked at 89.98 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 37.5, in 1950.
El Salvador ranks 75th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 37.5 | — |
| 1992 | 74.14 | +97.7% |
| 2006 | 83.56 | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 82.03 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 83.95 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 84.1 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 84.49 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 85.49 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 85.46 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 86.77 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 87.41 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 87.97 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 88.14 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 88.48 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 89.01 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 89.14 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 89.98 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 89.06 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 89.35 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 89.85 | +0.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 89.85 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.8, 94% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 89.85 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 94.56, 95% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +97.7% | 37.5 | 74.14 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 37.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 1 |
| 1990s | 74.14 | 74.14 | 74.14 | 1 |
| 2000s | 83.41 | 82.03 | 84.1 | 4 |
| 2010s | 87.24 | 84.49 | 89.14 | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.56 | 89.06 | 89.98 | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More education data for El Salvador
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 85.98 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 84.74 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rates vs average years of schooling in El Salvador?
- Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in El Salvador was 89.85 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates vs average years of schooling recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 89.98 in 2020.
- What is the lowest literacy rates vs average years of schooling recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.5 in 1950.
- How does El Salvador rank for literacy rates vs average years of schooling?
- El Salvador ranks 75th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is literacy rates vs average years of schooling rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rates vs average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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