El Salvador vs European Union: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes

El Salvador
33.9%
in 2018
European Union
6.5%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
41st
European Union rank
43rd

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes over time

  • El Salvador
  • European Union
1020304050199720082019

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 33.9% against 6.5% in European Union, a difference of 27.4%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 5.2 times European Union's.

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

El Salvador ranks 41st and European Union ranks 43rd of 147 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador European Union Difference Ahead
2000s 40.1% 10.5% 29.6% El Salvador
2010s 32.5% 7.6% 24.9% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes, El Salvador or European Union?
El Salvador, at 33.9% against 6.5% in European Union as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes between El Salvador and European Union?
27.4%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and European Union?
17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and European Union rank globally for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 41st and European Union ranks 43rd of 147 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

El Salvador vs European Union: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-rate-for-youth-of-upper-secondary-school-age-both-sexes-percent/el-salvador/european-union/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-rate-for-youth-of-upper-secondary-school-age-both-sexes-percent/el-salvador/european-union/">El Salvador vs European Union: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
192 places, 3,194 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of youth of official upper secondary school age who are not enrolled in upper secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official upper secondary school age.