Population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador

El Salvador: Population aged 0-14, primary education and below was 0.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.3%
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
57th
of 108 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2008
All-time low
0.3%
in 2019
Years of data
22
1991–2019

Population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador, 1991–2019

00.10.20.30.41991200520191991: 0.361 % of population with low edcuation1995: 0.339 % of population with low edcuation1996: 0.337 % of population with low edcuation1998: 0.328 % of population with low edcuation1999: 0.325 % of population with low edcuation2000: 0.312 % of population with low edcuation2001: 0.338 % of population with low edcuation2002: 0.338 % of population with low edcuation2003: 0.322 % of population with low edcuation2004: 0.338 % of population with low edcuation2005: 0.329 % of population with low edcuation2006: 0.35 % of population with low edcuation2007: 0.346 % of population with low edcuation2008: 0.415 % of population with low edcuation2009: 0.329 % of population with low edcuation2012: 0.307 % of population with low edcuation2014: 0.297 % of population with low edcuation2015: 0.281 % of population with low edcuation2016: 0.275 % of population with low edcuation2017: 0.27 % of population with low edcuation2018: 0.269 % of population with low edcuation2019: 0.266 % of population with low edcuation

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of population with low edcuation.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador is 0.3%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador peaked at 0.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2019.

El Salvador ranks 57th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Population aged 0-14, primary education and below (% of population with low edcuation) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2019.
Year % of population with low edcuation Change
1991 0.4%
1995 0.3% -6.2%
1996 0.3% -0.3%
1998 0.3% -2.7%
1999 0.3% -1.1%
2000 0.3% -3.8%
2001 0.3% +8.0%
2002 0.3% +0.1%
2003 0.3% -4.7%
2004 0.3% +4.9%
2005 0.3% -2.7%
2006 0.3% +6.3%
2007 0.3% -1.1%
2008 0.4% +20.1%
2009 0.3% -20.8%
2012 0.3% -6.8%
2014 0.3% -3.1%
2015 0.3% -5.4%
2016 0.3% -2.3%
2017 0.3% -1.6%
2018 0.3% -0.4%
2019 0.3% -1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 5
2000s 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 7

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 54 Chile 0.3% compare
  2. 55 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3% compare
  3. 56 Mexico 0.3% compare
  4. 58 Morocco 0.3% compare
  5. 59 Kosovo 0.2% compare
  6. 59 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% compare

See the full ranking of 108 places →

More reference data data for El Salvador

All data for El Salvador →

Frequently asked questions

What is population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador?
Population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador was 0.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest population aged 0-14, primary education and below recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2008.
What is the lowest population aged 0-14, primary education and below recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
How does El Salvador rank for population aged 0-14, primary education and below?
El Salvador ranks 57th out of 108 countries with data for 2019.
Is population aged 0-14, primary education and below rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Population aged 0-14, primary education and below (% of population with low edcuation). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador. Statizoid. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/population-aged-0-14-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-population-with-low-edcuation/el-salvador/

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/stat/population-aged-0-14-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-population-with-low-edcuation/el-salvador/">Population aged 0-14, primary education and below in El Salvador</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population aged 0-14, primary education and below (% of population with low edcuation)
Unit
% of population with low edcuation
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,501 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed