Education in El Salvador 158 indicators covering education for El Salvador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 67.3% 2025 up 4.7% 58th Population ages 0-14 24.4% 2025 down 14.7% 98th Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 89.9% 2024 down 15.4% 175th Primary education, teachers 22,132 2024 down 11.4% 119th School enrollment, primary, female 90.2% 2024 down 13.9% 173rd School enrollment, primary, male 89.6% 2024 down 16.8% 178th Labor force, total 2.99 million 2025 up 15.3% 109th Labor force, female 42.4% 2025 up 2.4% 121st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9577 GPI 2014 down 1.0% 163rd School enrollment, secondary 62.1% 2024 down 12.9% 158th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.7 per 1,000 2024 down 25.6% 65th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 52.0% 97th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.2 per 1,000 2024 up 60.0% 44th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 up 36.4% 84th Secondary education, teachers 17,715 2024 down 8.9% 127th School enrollment, secondary, female 61.1% 2024 down 16.0% 159th School enrollment, secondary, male 63.1% 2024 down 10.0% 158th School enrollment, tertiary 32.8% 2024 up 19.2% 113th School enrollment, primary, private 11.9% 2024 down 4.8% 104th School enrollment, preprimary 65.3% 2014 up 16.4% 104th School enrollment, tertiary, male 28.0% 2024 up 10.8% 108th School enrollment, tertiary, female 37.9% 2024 up 27.0% 109th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2014 up 1.4% 102nd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.26 GPI 2024 up 9.4% 81st Secondary education, teachers, female 9,803 2024 down 7.1% 117th Primary completion rate, female 84.2% 2024 down 12.2% 138th Primary completion rate, male 81.1% 2024 down 13.3% 139th Government expenditure on education, total 3.3% 2024 down 13.3% 132nd Secondary education, general pupils 429,923 2018 down 1.2% 101st Lower secondary completion rate, total 72.7% 2024 down 4.7% 131st School enrollment, preprimary, female 66.3% 2014 up 15.7% 100th School enrollment, preprimary, male 64.5% 2014 up 17.2% 104th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 89.3% 2023 up 8.1% 99th Government expenditure on education, total 15.9% 2025 up 10.2% 51st Secondary education, general pupils 49.3% 2018 down 0.2% 131st Lower secondary completion rate, female 76.7% 2024 down 2.9% 131st Lower secondary completion rate, male 68.9% 2024 down 6.4% 130th Children out of school 8.7% 2024 up 35.6% 57th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 594,860 2024 down 23.0% 101st Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 417,193 2024 down 31.8% 116th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 90.1% 2023 up 5.8% 95th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 88.5% 2023 up 10.3% 93rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 91,653 2018 down 12.1% 73rd Number of under-five deaths, male 558 2024 down 45.0% 112th Number of under-five deaths, female 439 2024 down 43.6% 112th Number of infant deaths, male 490 2024 down 43.6% 110th Number of infant deaths, female 385 2024 down 42.4% 111th Children out of school, female 14.0% 2024 up 158.3% 38th Children out of school, male 16.4% 2024 up 125.3% 35th Secondary education, vocational pupils 49.6% 2018 down 6.1% 31st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 96.6% 2018 down 18.0% 141st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 17.4% 136th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.6% 2025 up 2.8% 137th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.1% 2025 down 28.8% 136th Primary education, teachers 73.5% 2024 down 1.9% 122nd Repeaters, primary, total 3.8% 2018 down 38.1% 69th Page 1 of 3 Next →