Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in El Salvador
El Salvador: Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official was 18.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in El Salvador, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 18.5% for out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in 2018.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in El Salvador peaked at 49.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2014.
That places El Salvador 44th out of 132 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 49.9% | — |
| 2000 | 35.8% | -28.2% |
| 2001 | 29.4% | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 27.0% | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 23.6% | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 20.0% | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 19.6% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 23.1% | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 21.3% | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 21.2% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 16.9% | -20.2% |
| 2011 | 16.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 19.8% | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 18.8% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 14.8% | -21.3% |
| 2015 | 17.7% | +19.5% |
| 2016 | 18.8% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 18.5% | -3.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 18.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.0%, 2.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 18.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.2%, 2.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.9% | 49.9% | 49.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 24.6% | 19.6% | 35.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 14.8% | 19.8% | 9 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 41 Cape Verde 19.5% compare
- 42 Bulgaria 18.6% compare
- 43 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.6% compare
- 45 Belize 17.9% compare
- 46 Romania 17.7% compare
- 47 Brunei Darussalam 16.5% compare
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in El Salvador?
- Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in El Salvador was 18.5% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 49.9% in 1998.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2014.
- How does El Salvador rank for out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official?
- El Salvador ranks 44th out of 132 countries with data for 2018.
- Is out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of children in the official age range for one year before primary education who are not enrolled in pre-primary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for one year before primary education enrolled in pre-primary education is subtracted from the total population for one year before primary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for the year before primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/