School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in El Salvador
El Salvador: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 9.85 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in El Salvador, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in El Salvador is 9.85 years, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in El Salvador peaked at 11.69 years in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5.84 years, in 1971.
That places El Salvador 149th out of 193 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.91 years | — |
| 1971 | 5.84 years | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 5.97 years | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 6.45 years | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 6.83 years | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 7.1 years | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 7.43 years | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 7.55 years | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 7.82 years | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 8.1 years | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 7.51 years | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 7.7 years | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 7.68 years | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 8.71 years | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 8.42 years | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 8.39 years | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 8.68 years | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 8.89 years | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 10.01 years | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 9.9 years | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 10.14 years | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 10.33 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 10.47 years | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 10.84 years | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 11.08 years | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 11.15 years | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 11.11 years | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 11.69 years | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 10.87 years | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 10.82 years | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 10.85 years | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 10.89 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 10.88 years | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 11 years | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 10.83 years | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 10.54 years | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 10.28 years | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 9.91 years | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 9.85 years | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.9 years | 5.84 years | 8.1 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 8 years | 7.51 years | 8.71 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 9.17 years | 8.39 years | 10.01 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 10.85 years | 10.14 years | 11.69 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.56 years | 9.85 years | 11 years | 9 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 218,890 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 201,584 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5618 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 195,949 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in El Salvador?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in El Salvador was 9.85 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 11.69 years in 2007.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.84 years in 1971.
- How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- El Salvador ranks 149th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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 secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.