Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location in El Salvador

El Salvador: Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location was 0.8935 LPIA in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.8935 LPIA
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
20th
of 36 countries
All-time high
0.8935 LPIA
in 2017
All-time low
0.7193 LPIA
in 1992
Years of data
11
1992–2017

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location in El Salvador, 1992–2017

00.20.40.60.81992200420171992: 0.719 LPIA2006: 0.829 LPIA2007: 0.81 LPIA2008: 0.84 LPIA2009: 0.826 LPIA2010: 0.829 LPIA2011: 0.838 LPIA2013: 0.862 LPIA2015: 0.867 LPIA2016: 0.88 LPIA2017: 0.894 LPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.8935 LPIA for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location in 2017. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location in El Salvador peaked at 0.8935 LPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7193 LPIA, in 1992.

That places El Salvador 20th out of 36 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) in El Salvador, 1992 to 2017.
Year LPIA Change
1992 0.7193 LPIA
2006 0.8286 LPIA +15.2%
2007 0.8096 LPIA -2.3%
2008 0.84 LPIA +3.7%
2009 0.8259 LPIA -1.7%
2010 0.8286 LPIA +0.3%
2011 0.8375 LPIA +1.1%
2013 0.8624 LPIA +3.0%
2015 0.8672 LPIA +0.6%
2016 0.8798 LPIA +1.5%
2017 0.8935 LPIA +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7193 LPIA 0.7193 LPIA 0.7193 LPIA 1
2000s 0.826 LPIA 0.8096 LPIA 0.84 LPIA 4
2010s 0.8615 LPIA 0.8286 LPIA 0.8935 LPIA 6

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 17 Mexico 0.9279 LPIA compare
  2. 18 Dominican Republic 0.9224 LPIA compare
  3. 19 Colombia 0.9064 LPIA compare
  4. 21 Ecuador 0.8864 LPIA compare
  5. 22 Cambodia 0.8748 LPIA compare
  6. 23 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8741 LPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location in El Salvador?
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location in El Salvador was 0.8935 LPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.8935 LPIA in 2017.
What is the lowest adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7193 LPIA in 1992.
How does El Salvador rank for adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location?
El Salvador ranks 20th out of 36 countries with data for 2017.
Is adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA)
Unit
LPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 331 data points, 1976–2019
Last refreshed

The Adjusted Location Parity Index (LPIA) is calculated by dividing the rural value for the indicator by the urban value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted location parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted LPI equal to 1 indicates parity between rural and urban locations. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of urban locations and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of rural locations. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/