Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in El Salvador
El Salvador: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1.09 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in El Salvador, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in El Salvador stood at 1.09 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in El Salvador peaked at 1.09 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6402 index, in 1981.
That places El Salvador 45th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.6402 index | — |
| 1982 | 0.6566 index | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6744 index | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.6889 index | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.7081 index | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.723 index | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7382 index | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7459 index | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7516 index | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7525 index | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7652 index | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7787 index | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7943 index | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.81 index | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8221 index | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.83 index | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8324 index | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8307 index | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8361 index | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8451 index | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8576 index | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8722 index | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8819 index | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8959 index | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9095 index | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9263 index | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9471 index | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9657 index | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9812 index | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9913 index | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1 index | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.01 index | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.02 index | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.03 index | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.04 index | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.05 index | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.06 index | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.06 index | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.06 index | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.07 index | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.07 index | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.08 index | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.08 index | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.08 index | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1.09 index | +0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1.09 index is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 index, 1.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1.09 index is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.07 index, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.703 index | 0.6402 index | 0.7516 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8052 index | 0.7525 index | 0.8361 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9082 index | 0.8451 index | 0.9812 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 index | 0.9913 index | 1.06 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 index | 1.07 index | 1.09 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More gender data for El Salvador
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,446 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.44 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 5,040 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,040 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 47,387 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 49,616 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 47,477 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 49,704 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 47,581 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in El Salvador?
- Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in El Salvador was 1.09 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6402 index in 1981.
- How does El Salvador rank for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- El Salvador ranks 45th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.