Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador
El Salvador: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 13.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 13.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 43.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador peaked at 13.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2010.
El Salvador ranks 13th of 122 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
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12.0% | — |
| 2003 | 9.7% | -19.3% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 9.9% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 9.1% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9.9% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 9.3% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | +38.2% |
| 2021 | 11.6% | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 13.2% | +13.8% |
| 2023 | 13.8% | +4.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 13.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.5%, 1.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 13.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9.2%, 1.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +38.2% | 9.7% | 13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.2% | 9.6% | 12.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 8.9% | 9.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 11.6% | 13.8% | 4 |
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in El Salvador was 13.8% 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 13.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- El Salvador ranks 13th out of 122 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 43.9%. 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 Health and Welfare programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release