El Salvador vs Upper middle income: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower

El Salvador
14.6%
in 2018
Upper middle income
5.3%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
26th
Upper middle income rank
29th

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower over time

  • El Salvador
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 14.6% against 5.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 9.3%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 2.7 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 148 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Upper middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Upper middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 9.1% 9.4% 0.3% Upper middle income
2010s 11.0% 5.2% 5.8% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower, El Salvador or Upper middle income?
El Salvador, at 14.6% against 5.3% in Upper middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower between El Salvador and Upper middle income?
9.3%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Upper middle income?
8 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Upper middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
El Salvador ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 148 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,340 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/