Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador
El Salvador: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 4.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador is 4.5%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and up 60.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador peaked at 7.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2016.
That places El Salvador 11th out of 25 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.7% | — |
| 2001 | 4.0% | -29.8% |
| 2002 | 3.1% | -22.5% |
| 2003 | 5.1% | +64.5% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -23.5% |
| 2005 | 5.3% | +35.9% |
| 2006 | 7.1% | +34.0% |
| 2007 | 6.4% | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | -60.0% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | -21.4% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | +131.2% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | +17.6% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +87.5% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | -24.0% |
| 2022 | 4.7% | -17.5% |
| 2023 | 4.5% | -4.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 4.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.9%, 2.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 4.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9%, 2.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +131.2% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 3.1% | 7.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 1.6% | 7.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 4.5% | 7.5% | 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 pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador was 4.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2016.
- How does El Salvador rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- El Salvador ranks 11th out of 25 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.7%. 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 Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, richest quintile, male (household survey data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release