El Salvador

Adult literacy in El Salvador

Adult literacy in El Salvador: 74.1% in 1992 and 89.8% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
89.8%
Since 1992
+15.6 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in El SalvadorAdult literacy in El Salvador: 74.1% in 1992 and 89.8% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 90% in 2020, the lowest 74.1% in 1992.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 90% in 2020, the lowest 74.1% in 1992.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearEl SalvadorWorld
202489.887.7
202389.987.6
202289.487.4
202189.187.2
20209087
201989.186.8
20188986.8
201788.586.5
201688.186.3
20158886
201487.485.6
201386.885.2
201285.584.9
201185.584.7
201084.584.4
200984.183.8
20088483.5
20078283.1
200683.682.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
199274.175.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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