El Salvador vs Israel: Compulsory education, duration

El Salvador
15 years
in 2025
Israel
15 years
in 2025
El Salvador rank
3rd
Israel rank
3rd

Compulsory education, duration over time

  • El Salvador
  • Israel
051015199820112025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 15 years against 15 years in Israel, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Israel ahead.

Globally, El Salvador ranks 3rd and Israel ranks 3rd of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Compulsory education, duration (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 6,506 data points, 1975–2025
Last refreshed

Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.