Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in El Salvador
29.9% of people in El Salvador lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1989.
El Salvador, 2023
29.9%
Change from 2022
−2.8percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 29.9% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 32.7% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 33.5% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 34.7% | – |
| 2018 | 39.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 42.4% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 44.9% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 46.6% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 49.3% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 49.1% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 53.5% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 56.0% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 54.8% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 56.6% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 56.0% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 53.1% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 56.2% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 57.1% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 56.9% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 58.4% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 56.8% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 57.2% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.8 percentage points from 32.7% in 2022.
- Since 2012, when it was 53.5%, the figure has changed by −23.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.