Primary completion rate, total in El Salvador
El Salvador: Primary completion rate, total was 82.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in El Salvador, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in El Salvador stood at 82.6%.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in El Salvador peaked at 99.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 41.0%, in 1971.
El Salvador ranks 141st of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 41.0% | — |
| 1972 | 44.3% | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 49.6% | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 50.8% | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 49.6% | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 48.0% | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 48.4% | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 45.4% | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 49.1% | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 52.6% | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 50.0% | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 62.7% | +25.3% |
| 1988 | 65.9% | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 63.1% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 63.4% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 62.8% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 63.5% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 65.3% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 71.1% | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 77.2% | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 86.1% | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 85.5% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 85.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 86.4% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 90.1% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 89.1% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 92.5% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 93.1% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 96.0% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 98.2% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 99.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 97.4% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 95.6% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 94.7% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 93.3% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 92.5% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 91.9% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 89.7% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 82.4% | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 83.8% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 79.7% | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 80.8% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 82.6% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 47.4% | 41.0% | 50.8% | 7 |
| 1980s | 55.5% | 45.4% | 65.9% | 7 |
| 1990s | 67.2% | 62.8% | 77.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 89.4% | 85.5% | 96.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 89.7% | 99.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 81.9% | 79.7% | 83.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More aid effectiveness data for El Salvador
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 471,296 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 1.36 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 6.94 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 15.97 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 2.73 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 608,949 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 3.97 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 74,038 current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 11.08 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 41.44 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in El Salvador?
- Primary completion rate, total in El Salvador was 82.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.0% in 1971.
- How does El Salvador rank for primary completion rate, total?
- El Salvador ranks 141st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.