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According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the primary reasons that students cite for dropping out are related to economic and social factors.[27] Migration, work or related economic reasons, and insecurity were the leading causes of school abandonment, in 2018, particularly for children 13 to 15 years old.[28] Working-age Salvadorans (those over age 14, under Salvadoran law) had completed an average of 8.8 years of schooling, in 2022, lower than the Latin American average of 10.1 years.[29] While most of the school-aged population had attended some school, just over 87 percent of those ages 4 to 12 reported that they were attending school and under 84 percent of those ages 13 to 17.[30] El Salvadors public spending on education has fallen short of international recommendations.[31] The Education 2030 Framework for Action of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a UN specialized agency, proposes that public spending on education reach at least 4-6 percent of GDP or 15-20 percent of total public spending.[32] Public spending on education in El Salvador averaged 3.8 percent of GDP between 2013 and 2021, close to but slightly below the UNESCO-recommended minimum of 4 percent
