Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in El Salvador
8.6% of people in El Salvador lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023.
El Salvador, 2023
8.6%
Change from 2022
−1.0percentage points
World, 2023
19.3%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 8.6% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | – |
| 2018 | 10.2% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 11.1% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 13.0% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 15.6% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 16.2% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 18.0% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 20.7% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 22.1% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 22.9% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 23.5% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 18.9% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 23.0% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 26.1% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 25.9% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 29.9% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 29.6% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 29.6% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 9.6% in 2022.
- Since 2012, when it was 18.0%, the figure has changed by −9.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.