El Salvador
Last updated July 1, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Severe readiness constraints across dimensions
El Salvador shows severely limited readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (32nd percentile worldwide). Key structural conditions limit capacity to plan, implement, and sustain forward-looking reforms.
- Global percentile
- 32nd
- Global rank
- #122
- Regional rank
- #23
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Country profile
El Salvador faces substantial readiness constraints across core dimensions. Its weakest results are in Innovation (35, 30th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. Literacy or tertiary enrollment gaps thin the talent pipeline and limit the country’s capacity to develop future-ready skills.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.
Governance and Human Capital present a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, School Access and Gender Parity lags peers the most, signalling where investment could have the highest impact.
Key insights
Falls below many peers at the 32nd percentile.
Places 122nd worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 23rd within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Infrastructure (57.2) to Access & Parity (10.0), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score