El Salvador vs Guatemala: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male

El Salvador
93.6%
in 2018
Guatemala
91.8%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
148th
Guatemala rank
151st

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male over time

  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
0255075100199520072019

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 93.6% against 91.8% in Guatemala, a difference of 1.8%.

Across all 21 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 148th and Guatemala ranks 151st of 188 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guatemala Difference Ahead
1990s 99.9% 78.1% 21.8% El Salvador
2000s 106.7% 94.2% 12.5% El Salvador
2010s 102.8% 95.7% 7.1% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male, El Salvador or Guatemala?
El Salvador, at 93.6% against 91.8% in Guatemala as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male between El Salvador and Guatemala?
1.8%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
21 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male?
El Salvador ranks 148th and Guatemala ranks 151st of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,500 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Total male enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the male population of official primary and lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.