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 43.0% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador is 43.0%, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador peaked at 66.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 43.0%, in 2018.
That places El Salvador 37th out of 158 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 66.8% | — |
| 2000 | 58.1% | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 57.9% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 64.0% | +10.6% |
| 2003 | 61.4% | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 58.8% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 57.8% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 56.4% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 54.4% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 56.1% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 56.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 55.3% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 46.2% | -16.5% |
| 2012 | 53.8% | +16.5% |
| 2013 | 48.2% | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 47.0% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 46.0% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 44.1% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 43.4% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 43.0% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.8% | 66.8% | 66.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 58.1% | 54.4% | 64.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 43.0% | 55.3% | 9 |
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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 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 43.0% in 2018, 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 66.8% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.0% in 2018.
- How does El Salvador rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- El Salvador ranks 37th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- 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 23.3%. 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.