El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper

El Salvador
25.6%
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean
13.4%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
29th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
30th

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper over time

  • El Salvador
  • Latin America & Caribbean
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 25.6% against 13.4% in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 12.2%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.9 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 29th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 30th of 142 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
2000s 24.3% 17.2% 7.1% El Salvador
2010s 20.4% 14.4% 6.0% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean?
El Salvador, at 25.6% against 13.4% in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
12.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?
El Salvador ranks 29th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 30th of 142 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,210 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of adolescents and youth of lower secondary and upper secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/