Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in El Salvador
El Salvador: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.5364 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in El Salvador, 2001–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.5364 for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in 2022.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in El Salvador peaked at 0.6338 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5168, in 2021.
El Salvador ranks 44th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.623 | — |
| 2002 | 0.6299 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.6103 | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6054 | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6338 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.5973 | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6053 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5826 | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 0.6229 | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6123 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5812 | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5911 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5669 | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5507 | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.556 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5635 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.5168 | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5364 | +3.8% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.5364 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5361, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.5364 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5933, 90% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.615 | 0.5973 | 0.6338 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.583 | 0.5507 | 0.6229 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.5389 | 0.5168 | 0.5635 | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More poverty & inequality data for El Salvador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.77 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,819 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.61 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in El Salvador?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in El Salvador was 0.5364 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6338 in 2005.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5168 in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- El Salvador ranks 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.