Primary school completion rate in El Salvador

The primary completion rate in El Salvador was 82.6% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
El Salvador, 2024 82.6% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 +1.8percentage points 2023: 80.8%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in El Salvador over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period El SalvadorWorld
2024 82.6% 88.0%
2023 80.8% 87.3%
2022 79.7% 91.1%
2021 83.8% 88.7%
2020 82.4% 88.0%
2019 – 87.9%
2018 89.7% 88.1%
2017 91.9% 88.2%
2016 92.5% 88.5%
2015 93.3% 87.9%
2014 94.7% 88.1%
2013 95.6% 88.3%
2012 97.4% 88.1%
2011 99.2% 87.8%
2010 98.2% 88.5%
2009 96.0% 89.0%
2008 93.1% 88.2%
2007 92.5% 86.5%
2006 89.1% 85.3%
2005 90.1% 85.0%
2004 – 84.2%
2003 86.4% 83.5%
2002 85.7% 83.3%
2001 85.5% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 80.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 95.6%, the figure has changed by −13.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for El Salvador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics