School age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador
El Salvador: School age population, early childhood educational development was 391,208 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador, 2009–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador is 391,208, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador peaked at 470,002 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 391,208, in 2025.
That places El Salvador 42nd out of 104 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 470,002 | — |
| 2010 | 468,518 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 467,492 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 464,011 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 462,379 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 460,854 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 459,085 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 454,852 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 446,758 | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 435,701 | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 422,456 | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 410,813 | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 404,141 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 400,061 | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 397,469 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 394,574 | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 391,208 | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 470,002 | 470,002 | 470,002 | 1 |
| 2010s | 454,211 | 422,456 | 468,518 | 10 |
| 2020s | 399,711 | 391,208 | 410,813 | 6 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 22,132 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador was 391,208 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 470,002 in 2009.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 391,208 in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- El Salvador ranks 42nd out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release