School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in El Salvador
El Salvador: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9851 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in El Salvador, 1973–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.9851 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in El Salvador peaked at 1 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.8863 GPI, in 1973.
That places El Salvador 132nd out of 175 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.8863 GPI | — |
| 1974 | 0.8865 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.8971 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.9047 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.9884 GPI | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 0.9761 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9595 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.972 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9569 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9625 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9547 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9742 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9873 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9753 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9804 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9809 GPI | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.977 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9714 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9669 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.966 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9714 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9788 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9806 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9797 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9805 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9851 GPI | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8936 GPI | 0.8863 GPI | 0.9047 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.9823 GPI | 0.9761 GPI | 0.9884 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.9657 GPI | 0.9595 GPI | 0.972 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9754 GPI | 0.9547 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9756 GPI | 0.966 GPI | 0.9851 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 129 Switzerland 0.9878 GPI compare
- 130 Peru 0.987 GPI compare
- 131 Malawi 0.9853 GPI compare
- 133 Uzbekistan 0.9845 GPI compare
- 134 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9811 GPI compare
- 135 San Marino 0.9802 GPI compare
More education data for El Salvador
- 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)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 594,860 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in El Salvador?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in El Salvador was 0.9851 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2007.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8863 GPI in 1973.
- How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- El Salvador ranks 132nd out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.