School life expectancy, tertiary, female in El Salvador
El Salvador: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 1.89 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in El Salvador, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in El Salvador is 1.89 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in El Salvador peaked at 1.94 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1698 years, in 1973.
El Salvador ranks 112th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.1698 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.2148 years | +26.5% |
| 1975 | 0.2535 years | +18.0% |
| 1978 | 0.254 years | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.4008 years | +57.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5299 years | +32.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5781 years | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 0.62 years | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 0.6243 years | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9601 years | +53.8% |
| 1995 | 1.03 years | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 0.9869 years | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 1.11 years | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 1.1 years | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.04 years | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9965 years | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 1.03 years | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.07 years | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.13 years | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1.22 years | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 1.25 years | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1.34 years | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 1.39 years | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1.43 years | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1.48 years | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1.56 years | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 1.63 years | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1.66 years | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.65 years | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.64 years | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.64 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.67 years | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.7 years | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.72 years | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.82 years | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 1.85 years | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.91 years | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 1.94 years | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 1.89 years | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.223 years | 0.1698 years | 0.254 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.5506 years | 0.4008 years | 0.6243 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 1.04 years | 0.9601 years | 1.11 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 1.19 years | 0.9965 years | 1.43 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.64 years | 1.48 years | 1.72 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.88 years | 1.82 years | 1.94 years | 5 |
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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 life expectancy, tertiary, female in El Salvador?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in El Salvador was 1.89 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1698 years in 1973.
- How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- El Salvador ranks 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. 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, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release