Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP in El Salvador
El Salvador: Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP in El Salvador, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp in El Salvador is 0 units per US$ of GDP, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp in El Salvador peaked at 0 units per US$ of GDP in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0 units per US$ of GDP, in 2023.
El Salvador ranks 78th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | units per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1991 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -14.6% |
| 1998 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -7.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0 units per US$ of GDP is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 units per US$ of GDP, 87% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0 units per US$ of GDP is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0 units per US$ of GDP, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 4 |
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, annual growth rate -2.26 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp in El Salvador?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp in El Salvador was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 1991.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 78th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Tax revenues vs income inequality divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Tax revenues vs income inequality ÷ GDP (current US$)
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- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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Tax revenues vs income inequality divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.