School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in El Salvador
El Salvador: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in El Salvador, 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.02 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in El Salvador peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.922 GPIA, in 1998.
El Salvador ranks 35th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.9803 GPIA | — |
| 1996 | 0.9649 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.922 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9361 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9233 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9326 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9249 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9435 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9671 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.957 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9658 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.999 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9737 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9736 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9703 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9712 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9741 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9766 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9837 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9843 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9861 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9894 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9939 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9508 GPIA | 0.922 GPIA | 0.9803 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.956 GPIA | 0.9233 GPIA | 0.999 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9833 GPIA | 0.9703 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in El Salvador?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in El Salvador was 1.02 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.922 GPIA in 1998.
- How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- El Salvador ranks 35th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release