Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in El Salvador
El Salvador: Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary was 15.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
15.4%
Change on year
down 22.4%
World rank
85th
of 179 countries
All-time high
47.6%
in 1998
All-time low
12.4%
in 2014
Years of data
25
1998–2024
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in El Salvador, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in El Salvador stood at 15.4%.
That represents a change of down 22.4% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in El Salvador peaked at 47.6% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 12.4%, in 2014.
El Salvador ranks 85th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 47.6% | — |
| 2000 | 34.3% | -28.0% |
| 2001 | 28.4% | -17.2% |
| 2002 | 24.9% | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 21.7% | -13.1% |
| 2005 | 20.1% | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 19.6% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 23.7% | +21.1% |
| 2008 | 21.9% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 21.4% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | -28.2% |
| 2011 | 14.2% | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 15.0% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 12.4% | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 14.2% | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 16.6% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 18.3% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 25.0% | +36.2% |
| 2022 | 23.9% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 19.9% | -17.1% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | -22.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 15.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.6%, 1.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 15.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.5%, 2.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.6% | 47.6% | 47.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 24.0% | 19.6% | 34.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 12.4% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 15.4% | 25.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 82 Montenegro 15.8% compare
- 83 Guatemala 15.8% compare
- 84 Cape Verde 15.6% compare
- 86 Nicaragua 14.9% compare
- 87 Malaysia 14.6% compare
- 88 New Zealand 14.3% compare
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 children one year before the official primary in El Salvador?
- Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary in El Salvador was 15.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 47.6% in 1998.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.4% in 2014.
- How does El Salvador rank for out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary?
- El Salvador ranks 85th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 children one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release