Lower secondary completion in El Salvador

In El Salvador, 78.4% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
El Salvador, 2023 78.4% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2022 +2.2percentage points 2022: 76.2%

Lower secondary completion in El Salvador over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2023
Period El Salvador
2023 78.4%
2022 76.2%
2021 76.8%
2020 77.2%
2019 74.6%
2018 75.1%
2017 73.4%
2016 74.1%
2015 72.6%
2014 72.5%
2013 71.0%
2012 67.5%
2010 65.2%
2009 63.3%
2007 58.9%
2006 61.8%
2005 59.9%
2004 57.3%
2003 56.1%
2002 58.1%
2001 55.2%
2000 53.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 76.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 71.0%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for El Salvador
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org