Net attendance rate of primary school in El Salvador
El Salvador: Net attendance rate of primary school was 97.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Net attendance rate of primary school in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 97.7% for net attendance rate of primary school in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net attendance rate of primary school in El Salvador peaked at 97.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 88.6%, in 2001.
That places El Salvador 14th out of 36 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.1% | 88.6% | 94.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 96.7% | 95.9% | 97.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 96.3% | 95.0% | 97.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 12 Ecuador 98.3% compare
- 13 Venezuela 98.3% compare
- 15 United States 97.4% compare
- 16 South Africa 97.3% compare
- 17 Lesotho 96.8% compare
More education data for El Salvador
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 22,132 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.77 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 90.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net attendance rate of primary school in El Salvador?
- Net attendance rate of primary school in El Salvador was 97.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.6% in 2001.
- How does El Salvador rank for net attendance rate of primary school?
- El Salvador ranks 14th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is net attendance rate of primary school rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net attendance rate of primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are attending school at any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.