El Salvador vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female

El Salvador
34.8%
in 2018
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
12.8%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
37th
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
36th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 34.8% against 12.8% in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 22.0%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 2.7 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

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

El Salvador ranks 37th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 143 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 42.7% 26.5% 16.2% El Salvador
2010s 34.2% 16.0% 18.2% 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, female, El Salvador or Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 34.8% against 12.8% in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female between El Salvador and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
22.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
El Salvador ranks 37th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 143 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/), published as Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (%). 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 youth of upper secondary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 2,990 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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