Gender inequality index from the human development report in El Salvador
El Salvador: Gender inequality index from the human development report was 0.362 in 2023. βΌ Falling
Gender inequality index from the human development report in El Salvador, 1990β2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, gender inequality index from the human development report in El Salvador stood at 0.362.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender inequality index from the human development report in El Salvador peaked at 0.545 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.358, in 2019.
That places El Salvador 79th out of 169 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5162 | 0.468 | 0.545 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4437 | 0.401 | 0.491 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3783 | 0.358 | 0.398 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.364 | 0.359 | 0.369 | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for El Salvador
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 7 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.77 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,819 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 20.61 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 20.36 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1087 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1087 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.157 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2333 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 4.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender inequality index from the human development report in El Salvador?
- Gender inequality index from the human development report in El Salvador was 0.362 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender inequality index from the human development report recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.545 in 1992.
- What is the lowest gender inequality index from the human development report recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.358 in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for gender inequality index from the human development report?
- El Salvador ranks 79th out of 169 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gender inequality index from the human development report rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender inequality index from the human development report. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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