Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in El Salvador
El Salvador: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 29.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 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, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in El Salvador stood at 29.9%. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.6% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in El Salvador peaked at 70.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 29.9%, in 2023.
El Salvador ranks 51st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 63.5% | — |
| 1991 | 70.5% | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 63.2% | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 64.3% | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 62.9% | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 60.0% | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 56.0% | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 57.2% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 56.8% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 58.4% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 56.9% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 57.1% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 56.2% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 53.1% | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 56.0% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 56.6% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 54.8% | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 56.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 53.5% | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 49.1% | -8.2% |
| 2014 | 49.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 46.6% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 44.9% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 42.4% | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 39.1% | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 34.7% | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 33.5% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 32.7% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 29.9% | -8.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 63.5% | 63.5% | 63.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 64.2% | 60.0% | 70.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 56.4% | 53.1% | 58.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.0% | 34.7% | 56.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.1% | 29.9% | 33.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 36.0% compare
- 49 Azerbaijan 35.9% compare
- 50 Ecuador 30.1% compare
- 52 Palestine, State of 28.6% compare
- 53 Mongolia 24.4% compare
- 54 Jamaica 22.9% compare
More poverty & inequality data for El Salvador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in El Salvador?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in El Salvador was 29.9% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 70.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.9% in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- El Salvador ranks 51st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.