Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 95.6% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in El Salvador, 1989–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in El Salvador stood at 95.6%. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in El Salvador peaked at 98.4% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 95.6%, in 2023.
El Salvador ranks 60th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 98.4% | — |
| 1991 | 97.9% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 97.5% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 97.4% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 97.1% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 96.9% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 96.5% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.0% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 97.3% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 97.2% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 97.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 97.4% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 97.2% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 97.1% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 97.1% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 97.6% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 98.0% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 97.8% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 97.3% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 97.4% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 96.6% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 96.4% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 96.6% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 95.6% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.4% | 98.4% | 98.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 97.4% | 96.9% | 97.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 97.1% | 96.5% | 97.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.5% | 96.6% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 95.6% | 96.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More poverty & inequality data for El Salvador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in El Salvador?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in El Salvador was 95.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.6% in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- El Salvador ranks 60th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.