Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador

El Salvador: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.5%
Change on year
up 24.9%
World rank
13th
of 121 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2021
All-time low
0.2%
in 2016
Years of data
19
2002–2023

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador, 2002–2023

0.20.30.40.52002201220232002: 0.286 GPIA2003: 0.309 GPIA2005: 0.247 GPIA2006: 0.225 GPIA2007: 0.247 GPIA2008: 0.225 GPIA2009: 0.186 GPIA2010: 0.18 GPIA2011: 0.169 GPIA2012: 0.17 GPIA2015: 0.18 GPIA2016: 0.167 GPIA2017: 0.184 GPIA2018: 0.184 GPIA2019: 0.201 GPIA2020: 0.299 GPIA2021: 0.528 GPIA2022: 0.375 GPIA2023: 0.468 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador stood at 0.5%.

That represents a change of up 24.9% on the previous year and up 175.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador peaked at 0.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.

El Salvador ranks 13th of 121 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in El Salvador, 2002 to 2023.
Year GPIA Change
2002 0.3%
2003 0.3% +7.8%
2005 0.2% -20.1%
2006 0.2% -8.7%
2007 0.2% +9.6%
2008 0.2% -9.0%
2009 0.2% -17.2%
2010 0.2% -3.3%
2011 0.2% -6.0%
2012 0.2% +0.7%
2015 0.2% +5.6%
2016 0.2% -7.0%
2017 0.2% +10.3%
2018 0.2% -0.1%
2019 0.2% +9.4%
2020 0.3% +48.3%
2021 0.5% +76.8%
2022 0.4% -29.0%
2023 0.5% +24.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 7
2010s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 8
2020s 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador?
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2021.
What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
How does El Salvador rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
El Salvador ranks 13th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 175.3%. 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 tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
121 places, 1,759 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release