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
Latest (2023)
89.85
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
75th
of 128 countries
All-time high
89.98
in 2020
All-time low
37.5
in 1950
Years of data
20
1950–2023
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% |
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 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 90.12 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 89.9% (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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