Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in El Salvador
El Salvador: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 20.61 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in El Salvador, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in El Salvador is 20.61, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in El Salvador peaked at 21.08 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.74, in 1990.
That places El Salvador 87th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6.74 | — |
| 1991 | 7.84 | +16.4% |
| 1992 | 8.46 | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 9.09 | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 9.91 | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 11.28 | +13.8% |
| 1996 | 11.06 | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 10.07 | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 9.86 | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 10.39 | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 10.59 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 11.29 | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 12.1 | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 12.68 | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 12.65 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 14.51 | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 15.67 | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 16.74 | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 17.06 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 14.98 | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 15.81 | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 15.34 | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 16.18 | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 17.05 | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 16.71 | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 16.75 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 17.36 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 17.75 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 18.13 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 18.08 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 18.39 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 19.69 | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 21.08 | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 20.61 | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.47 | 6.74 | 11.28 | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.83 | 10.59 | 17.06 | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.92 | 15.34 | 18.13 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.94 | 18.39 | 21.08 | 4 |
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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 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)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.26 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in El Salvador?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in El Salvador was 20.61 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 21.08 in 2022.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.74 in 1990.
- How does El Salvador rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- El Salvador ranks 87th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.