Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in El Salvador
El Salvador: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and was 0.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in El Salvador, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.6% for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in 2023.
The figure is up 42.0% on the previous year and up 99.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in El Salvador peaked at 0.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2018.
El Salvador ranks 20th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.4% | — |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +116.1% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -38.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +42.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 4 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in El Salvador?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in El Salvador was 0.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2018.
- How does El Salvador rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- El Salvador ranks 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.5%. 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 Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release