Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador
El Salvador: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.8937 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador stood at 0.8937 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.8937 GPIA, in 2024.
El Salvador ranks 46th of 160 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.01 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.02 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9913 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.969 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9317 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9445 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9346 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.943 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9294 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.8937 GPIA | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9317 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9291 GPIA | 0.8937 GPIA | 0.9445 GPIA | 5 |
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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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador was 0.8937 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPIA in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8937 GPIA in 2024.
- How does El Salvador rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- El Salvador ranks 46th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release