Education share of public spending in El Salvador
Education made up 15.9% of government spending in El Salvador in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2009.
El Salvador, 2025
15.9%
Change from 2024
+5.3percentage points
Education share of public spending in El Salvador over time
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% of total government expenditure. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | El Salvador |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.9% |
| 2024 | 10.6% |
| 2023 | 10.4% |
| 2022 | 11.4% |
| 2021 | 11.5% |
| 2020 | 11.2% |
| 2019 | 12.2% |
| 2018 | 13.1% |
| 2017 | 13.3% |
| 2016 | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 14.4% |
| 2014 | 13.9% |
| 2013 | 13.3% |
| 2012 | 13.6% |
| 2011 | 15.4% |
| 2010 | 15.8% |
| 2009 | 18.0% |
| 2008 | 18.2% |
| 2007 | 15.8%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2006 | 14.9% |
| 2005 | 14.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2003 | 13.9% |
| 2002 | 14.4% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate; nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +5.3 percentage points from 10.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 14.4%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.