School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador
El Salvador: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1.08 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador is 1.08 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador peaked at 1.08 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9172 GPIA, in 1973.
That places El Salvador 57th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.9172 GPIA | — |
| 1974 | 0.9175 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.9293 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.9322 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.9917 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 0.9909 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.9494 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9571 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9433 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9509 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9455 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9664 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.982 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.974 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9835 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9928 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9921 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9883 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9879 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9982 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1.06 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.07 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.924 GPIA | 0.9172 GPIA | 0.9322 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.9913 GPIA | 0.9909 GPIA | 0.9917 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.9532 GPIA | 0.9494 GPIA | 0.9571 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9742 GPIA | 0.9433 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9879 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.08 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in El Salvador was 1.08 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9172 GPIA in 1973.
- How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- El Salvador ranks 57th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release