Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity in El Salvador
El Salvador: Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity was 0.98 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity in El Salvador, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.98 LPIA for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity in El Salvador peaked at 0.99 LPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.81 LPIA, in 1992.
That places El Salvador 31st out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.81 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8965 LPIA | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9125 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9152 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8994 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9297 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9384 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.94 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.93 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.95 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.94 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.95 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.96 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9705 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.97 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9767 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.98 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.97 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.99 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9888 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9899 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.99 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.98 LPIA | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.81 LPIA | 0.81 LPIA | 0.81 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9252 LPIA | 0.8965 LPIA | 0.95 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9747 LPIA | 0.95 LPIA | 0.99 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9877 LPIA | 0.98 LPIA | 0.99 LPIA | 5 |
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More education data for El Salvador
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17,715 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity in El Salvador?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity in El Salvador was 0.98 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.99 LPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.81 LPIA in 1992.
- How does El Salvador rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity?
- El Salvador ranks 31st out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release