Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — El Salvador

Children out of school in El Salvador in 2024 — 57,339 people. Ranked 83 in the world out of 120. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 73.2%.

2024 57,339 people −40.22% vs 2023
World rank 83of 120
Period maximum 213,782 people1970
Period minimum 45,093 people2003

Trend over time

1970–2024 · people

Children out of school — El Salvador, 1970–20240100,000200,000300,00019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 213,782 people1998: 183,470 people2000: 100,163 people2001: 83,326 people2002: 57,367 people2003: 45,093 people2014: 46,479 people2015: 51,888 people2016: 57,212 people2017: 84,737 people2018: 79,271 people2019: 97,817 people2020: 100,432 people2021: 106,135 people2022: 105,097 people2023: 95,913 people2024: 57,339 people
Change over the period: −156,443 (−73.18%) Average annual rate: -2.41 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 57,339 people
Central America computed 712,483 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.69M people
Children out of school — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 57,339 −38,574 −40.22%
2023 95,913 −9,184 −8.74%
2022 105,097 −1,038 −0.98%
2021 106,135 +5,703 +5.68%
2020 100,432 +2,615 +2.67%
2019 97,817 +18,546 +23.4%
2018 79,271 −5,466 −6.45%
2017 84,737 +27,525 +48.11%
2016 57,212 +5,324 +10.26%
2015 51,888 +5,409 +11.64%
2014 46,479
2003 45,093 −12,274 −21.4%
2002 57,367 −25,959 −31.15%
2001 83,326 −16,837 −16.81%
2000 100,163
1998 183,470
1970 213,782

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.