El Salvador

Children in El Salvador use masks and face shields to protect them as they continue learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: USAID/EL Salvador
  • Total grant support: US$899,225
  • Coordinating agency: UNICEF
  • Country team lead: Javier Luque

Grants

All amounts are in US dollars.

Grant type Years Allocations Utilization Grant agent
Sector plan development 2020-2025 699,625 252,451 WB
Program development 2021-2022 199,600 0 WB
  Total 899,225 252,451  
Data last updated: May 06, 2022

Education sector progress

The graphs below show overall progress in the education sector in El Salvador.

Primary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age

Pre-primary gross enrollment rate

Gender parity index for out-of-school rate

Public expenditure on education as share of GDP

Students/trained teacher ratio

Teachers trained

Source: World Bank - Education Data
Data on education are compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics from official responses to surveys and from reports provided by education authorities in each country.

Last updated March 01, 2022