Education in El Salvador

3,199 indicators covering education for El Salvador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 22,132 2024 down 16.2% 119th
Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Duration of pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 27th
Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 2025 unchanged 14th
Population ages 15-64 67.3% 2025 up 4.7% 60th
Population ages 0-14 24.4% 2025 down 14.7% 99th
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% 176th
Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person 2024 down 13.5% 165th
Primary education, teachers 22,132 2024 down 11.4% 120th
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.77 2024 down 16.8% 127th
Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.4% 103rd
School enrollment, primary, female 90.2% 2024 down 13.9% 174th
School enrollment, primary, male 89.6% 2024 down 16.8% 179th
Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -0.5602 % change on previous year 2023 up 62.9% 69th
Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 1.77 2023 down 17.6% 127th
Womens educational attainment vs fertility 1.77 2023 down 17.6% 127th
Labor force, total, per capita 0.4696 units per person 2025 up 12.0% 88th
Labor force, total 2.99 million 2025 up 15.3% 110th
Labor force, female 42.4% 2025 up 2.4% 122nd
Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 90.12 2024 down 15.6% 180th
Labor force, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 26.4% 70th
School completion 93.71 2025 up 6.8% 100th
Labor force, total, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year 2025 up 8,122.9% 92nd
Primary education, teachers, annual growth rate -2.94 % change on previous year 2024 down 472.4% 161st
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9577 GPI 2014 down 1.0% 163rd
Human capital composite index -0.5963 standard deviations from the yearly mean 2024 down 5,050.2% 167th
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% 66th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 52.0% 98th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.2 per 1,000 2024 up 60.0% 45th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 up 36.4% 85th
Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre 1.1 units per square kilometre 2023 down 25.9% 59th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 53.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.1% 114th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 41.66 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 6.2% 47th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 4.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 43.9% 48th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 80.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% 147th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 19.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.3% 19th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0714 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.7% 48th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 17.25 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 23.0% 42nd
Secondary education, teachers 17,715 2024 down 8.9% 128th
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
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 58,361 number 2020 down 10.0% 105th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 55,657 number 2020 down 10.4% 105th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 114,018 number 2020 down 10.2% 105th
School age population, tertiary education, male 319,525 number 2018 up 20.2% 93rd
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 648,643 number 2018 up 17.5% 93rd
School age population, tertiary education, female 329,118 number 2018 up 15.0% 91st
School age population, upper secondary education, male 176,383 number 2020 down 13.0% 96th
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 350,368 number 2020 down 13.7% 96th
School age population, upper secondary education, female 173,985 number 2020 down 14.3% 96th
School age population, secondary education, male 353,157 number 2020 down 15.9% 103rd
School age population, secondary education, both sexes 698,056 number 2020 down 16.4% 101st
School age population, secondary education, female 344,899 number 2020 down 16.8% 101st
School age population, lower secondary education, male 176,774 number 2020 down 18.6% 105th