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El Salvador — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for El Salvador, 1975–2024.
Latest value · 2024
3.32%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +266.7% since 1975
Education spending for El Salvador was 3.32% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 26 years, from 1975 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 4.66% in 2009. The lowest was 0.90% in 1975 (about 3.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.69% per year.
El Salvador ranks 121 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so El Salvador sits below it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
3.32%
First (1975)
0.90%
Change
+266.7%
Highest
4.66%
in 2009
Lowest
0.90%
in 1975
Average
3.44%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.69%
Years of data
26
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.32% |
| 2023 | 3.19% |
| 2022 | 3.27% |
| 2021 | 3.58% |
| 2020 | 3.66% |
| 2019 | 3.39% |
| 2018 | 3.61% |
| 2017 | 3.73% |
| 2016 | 3.83% |
| 2015 | 3.91% |
| 2014 | 3.82% |
| 2013 | 3.8% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.