El Salvador - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in El Salvador was 98.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 98.69 in 2019, while its lowest value was 84.95 in 1992.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 84.95
2006 95.45
2007 93.89
2008 96.48
2009 95.32
2010 96.39
2011 96.95
2013 97.50
2015 98.43
2016 98.28
2017 98.15
2018 98.21
2019 98.69

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in El Salvador was 97.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 97.98 in 2019, while its lowest value was 84.95 in 1992.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 84.95
2006 94.40
2007 93.22
2008 95.41
2009 94.71
2010 95.67
2011 96.15
2013 96.95
2015 97.46
2016 97.72
2017 97.80
2018 97.73
2019 97.98

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in El Salvador was 98.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 98.35 in 2019, while its lowest value was 84.95 in 1992.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 84.95
2006 94.95
2007 93.56
2008 95.96
2009 95.02
2010 96.03
2011 96.55
2013 97.22
2015 97.95
2016 98.01
2017 97.98
2018 97.97
2019 98.35

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in El Salvador was 87.32 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 87.32 in 2019, while its lowest value was 71.28 in 1992.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 71.28
2006 81.00
2007 79.66
2008 81.36
2009 81.82
2010 82.31
2011 83.02
2013 84.67
2015 86.22
2016 86.33
2017 86.67
2018 87.23
2019 87.32

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in El Salvador was 91.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 91.31 in 2019, while its lowest value was 77.37 in 1992.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 77.37
2006 86.70
2007 84.86
2008 87.05
2009 86.83
2010 87.10
2011 88.39
2013 89.24
2015 90.01
2016 90.30
2017 90.63
2018 91.10
2019 91.31

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in El Salvador was 89.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 89.14 in 2019, while its lowest value was 74.14 in 1992.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 74.14
2006 83.56
2007 82.03
2008 83.95
2009 84.10
2010 84.49
2011 85.49
2013 86.77
2015 87.97
2016 88.14
2017 88.48
2018 89.01
2019 89.14

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes