Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in El Salvador
El Salvador: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 94.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in El Salvador, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 94.5% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in El Salvador peaked at 94.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.5%, in 2003.
El Salvador ranks 38th of 80 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 80.5% | — |
| 2004 | 81.1% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 81.7% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 82.8% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 80.9% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 86.7% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 88.6% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 90.4% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 90.0% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 89.6% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 92.5% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 94.5% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.4% | 80.5% | 82.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 86.7% | 90.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 93.5% | 92.5% | 94.5% | 2 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 16,272 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5,860 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 110,128 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 85,821 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in El Salvador?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in El Salvador was 94.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 94.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.5% in 2003.
- How does El Salvador rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- El Salvador ranks 38th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release