Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 95.3% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
95.3%
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
58th
of 119 countries
All-time high
97.8%
in 1989
All-time low
95.1%
in 2021
Years of data
28
1989–2022
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in El Salvador, 1989–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 95.3% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2022.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in El Salvador peaked at 97.8% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 95.1%, in 2021.
That places El Salvador 58th out of 119 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 97.8% | — |
| 1991 | 97.5% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 96.9% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 96.9% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 96.2% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 96.1% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 95.3% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 95.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 96.2% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 96.4% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 96.5% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 96.4% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 96.2% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 96.2% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 96.5% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 96.8% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 97.3% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 97.1% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 96.6% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 96.9% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 97.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 96.4% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 95.2% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 95.1% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 95.3% | +0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 95.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 95.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 97.8% | 97.8% | 97.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.7% | 96.1% | 97.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 96.1% | 95.3% | 96.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.7% | 95.2% | 97.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.2% | 95.1% | 95.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More poverty & inequality data for El Salvador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in El Salvador?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in El Salvador was 95.3% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 97.8% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.1% in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- El Salvador ranks 58th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.