Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in El Salvador
Gross tertiary enrolment in El Salvador was 32.8% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
El Salvador, 2024
32.8%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in El Salvador over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | El Salvador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.8% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 32.4% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 31.5% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 30.3% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 31.0% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 28.5% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 28.2% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 27.6% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 27.2% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 27.4% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 27.5% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 28.3% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 28.1% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 27.3% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 26.3% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 25.9% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 25.5% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 24.7% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 23.3% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 22.5% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 21.6% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 20.6% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 19.0% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 32.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 27.5%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.
More for El Salvador
All statistics for El Salvador
Primary school enrolment (gross)
89.9%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
21.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
91.4%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
78.4%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
61.4%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
15.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS