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 10.3% 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
El Salvador recorded 10.3% for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 164.1% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in El Salvador peaked at 30.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2022.
El Salvador ranks 10th of 22 countries on this measure, 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 | 25.5% | — |
| 2001 | 26.2% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 30.9% | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 22.8% | -26.2% |
| 2004 | 22.4% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 17.7% | -21.0% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 18.8% | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 15.3% | -18.6% |
| 2010 | 15.9% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 15.7% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 11.2% | -28.7% |
| 2014 | 12.4% | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 12.3% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 9.5% | -29.6% |
| 2018 | 10.6% | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | -33.0% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | -43.7% |
| 2021 | 7.3% | +82.5% |
| 2022 | 3.9% | -46.6% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | +164.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 10.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.5%, 2.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 10.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.0%, 2.1× the median. (9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +164.1% | 3.9% | 10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.9% | 15.3% | 30.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.0% | 7.1% | 15.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 3.9% | 10.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 7 Bangladesh 14.3% compare
- 8 Dominican Republic 12.1% compare
- 9 Honduras 11.8% compare
- 11 Costa Rica 8.7% compare
- 12 Colombia 7.5% compare
- 13 Brazil 5.0% 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 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 10.3% 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 30.9% in 2002.
- 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 3.9% in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- El Salvador ranks 10th out of 22 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 down 8.0%. 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, rural, 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