School age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador
El Salvador: School age population, early childhood educational development was 200,061 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador, 2009–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, school age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador stood at 200,061. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in El Salvador peaked at 242,540 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 200,061, in 2025.
El Salvador ranks 41st of 104 countries on this measure, 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 | 242,540 | — |
| 2010 | 242,135 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 241,731 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 239,916 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 238,979 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 237,923 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 236,692 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 234,153 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 229,571 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 223,513 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 216,410 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 210,217 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 206,690 | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 204,554 | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 203,226 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 201,742 | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 200,061 | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 242,540 | 242,540 | 242,540 | 1 |
| 2010s | 234,102 | 216,410 | 242,135 | 10 |
| 2020s | 204,415 | 200,061 | 210,217 | 6 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 90.12 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 89.9% (2024)
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 200,061 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 242,540 in 2009.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 200,061 in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- El Salvador ranks 41st 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 15.5%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release