School life expectancy, tertiary, male in El Salvador
El Salvador: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 1.4 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in El Salvador, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in El Salvador stood at 1.4 years.
That represents a change of down 8.6% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in El Salvador peaked at 1.57 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4095 years, in 1973.
El Salvador ranks 108th 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, male in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.4095 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.5148 years | +25.7% |
| 1975 | 0.514 years | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.5286 years | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.6305 years | +19.3% |
| 1983 | 0.6922 years | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7296 years | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 0.7915 years | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8178 years | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9935 years | +21.5% |
| 1995 | 1.03 years | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1 years | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 0.938 years | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9422 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9291 years | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8971 years | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9353 years | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9867 years | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 1.03 years | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 1.13 years | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 1.17 years | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 1.25 years | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 1.29 years | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 1.33 years | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1.37 years | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1.47 years | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 1.55 years | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 1.56 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.52 years | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 1.5 years | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.49 years | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.51 years | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.52 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.51 years | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.54 years | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 1.57 years | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.52 years | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 1.53 years | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.4 years | -8.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4917 years | 0.4095 years | 0.5286 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.7323 years | 0.6305 years | 0.8178 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.982 years | 0.938 years | 1.03 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 1.1 years | 0.8971 years | 1.33 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5 years | 1.37 years | 1.56 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 years | 1.4 years | 1.57 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, male in El Salvador?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in El Salvador was 1.4 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.57 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4095 years in 1973.
- How does El Salvador rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- El Salvador ranks 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release