Income inequality atkinson index undp in El Salvador
El Salvador: Income inequality atkinson index undp was 0.2333 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality atkinson index undp in El Salvador, 2010–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.2333 for income inequality atkinson index undp 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 undp 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 undp 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2692 | 0.2379 | 0.3008 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.244 | 0.2333 | 0.2735 | 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)
- 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 revenues vs income inequality 20.61 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.26 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.362 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality atkinson index undp in El Salvador?
- Income inequality atkinson index undp in El Salvador was 0.2333 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality atkinson index undp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3008 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality atkinson index undp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2333 in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank for income inequality atkinson index undp?
- El Salvador ranks 99th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality atkinson index undp 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality atkinson index undp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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