Extreme poverty rate in El Salvador
4.6% of people in El Salvador lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023.
El Salvador, 2023
4.6%
Change from 2022
−0.6percentage points
World, 2023
10.5%
Extreme poverty rate in El Salvador over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | El Salvador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | – |
| 2018 | 4.1% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 5.3% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 12.6% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 16.4% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 16.3% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 20.9% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 19.5% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 19.4% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 5.2% in 2022.
- Since 2012, when it was 8.5%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.
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All statistics for El Salvador
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
27.2%
2023 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
5.3%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
39.8 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
29.7%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
8.6%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
29.9%
2023 · World Bank