Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in El Salvador
El Salvador: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 26.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in El Salvador, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 26.7% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 103.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in El Salvador peaked at 26.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2010.
El Salvador ranks 42nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.5% | — |
| 2001 | 11.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11.4% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11.5% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 11.4% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 10.1% | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 10.2% | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | +17.6% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 17.1% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 18.0% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 19.6% | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 21.2% | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 22.5% | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 24.1% | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 25.6% | +6.2% |
| 2025 | 26.7% | +4.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 26.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.3%, 5.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 26.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.9%, 4.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.1% | 9.2% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.9% | 8.8% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.3% | 19.6% | 26.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
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 out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in El Salvador?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in El Salvador was 26.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 26.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- El Salvador ranks 42nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.8%. 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 Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release