Income inequality: Atkinson index in El Salvador
El Salvador: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2333 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in El Salvador, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.2333 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in El Salvador peaked at 0.3008 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2333, in 2022.
That places El Salvador 99th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3008 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3008 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2788 | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2926 | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2728 | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2626 | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2598 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2379 | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2427 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2432 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2735 | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 0.2359 | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2333 | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2333 | +0.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.2333 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 93% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.2333 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 67% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2692 | 0.2379 | 0.3008 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.244 | 0.2333 | 0.2735 | 4 |
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 income inequality: atkinson index in El Salvador?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in El Salvador was 0.2333 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3008 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2333 in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- El Salvador ranks 99th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.