Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 90.5% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 a day in El Salvador stood at 90.5%. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in El Salvador peaked at 96.8% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 90.5%, in 2023.
That places El Salvador 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 96.8% | — |
| 1991 | 96.5% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 95.8% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 95.6% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 95.0% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 94.6% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 93.3% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 93.7% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 94.2% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 94.8% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 95.0% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 94.6% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 95.3% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 94.6% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 94.3% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 95.1% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 95.2% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 95.9% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 96.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 94.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 95.0% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 95.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 95.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 94.3% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 92.7% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 92.3% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 92.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 90.5% | -2.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 90.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 90.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.8% | 96.8% | 96.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 95.5% | 94.6% | 96.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 94.5% | 93.3% | 95.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.9% | 92.7% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.8% | 90.5% | 92.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More poverty & inequality data for El Salvador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in El Salvador?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in El Salvador was 90.5% 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 $30 a day recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 96.8% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.5% in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- El Salvador ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.