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Human development index — El Salvador

Human development index in El Salvador in 2023 — 0.678 index. Ranked 132 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 29.6%.

2023 0.678 index +0.59% vs 2022
World rank 132of 193
Period maximum 0.678 index2023
Period minimum 0.523 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — El Salvador, 1990–20230.50.550.60.650.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.523 index1991: 0.529 index1992: 0.538 index1993: 0.548 index1994: 0.558 index1995: 0.567 index1996: 0.576 index1997: 0.586 index1998: 0.594 index1999: 0.598 index2000: 0.607 index2001: 0.612 index2002: 0.621 index2003: 0.628 index2004: 0.636 index2005: 0.642 index2006: 0.647 index2007: 0.653 index2008: 0.653 index2009: 0.653 index2010: 0.66 index2011: 0.662 index2012: 0.666 index2013: 0.668 index2014: 0.668 index2015: 0.667 index2016: 0.666 index2017: 0.665 index2018: 0.67 index2019: 0.67 index2020: 0.66 index2021: 0.663 index2022: 0.674 index2023: 0.678 index
Change over the period: +0.155 (+29.64%) Average annual rate: 0.79 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 0.678 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Central America computed 0.763 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.678 +0.004 +0.59%
2022 0.674 +0.011 +1.66%
2021 0.663 +0.003 +0.45%
2020 0.66 −0.01 −1.49%
2019 0.67 +0 +0%
2018 0.67 +0.005 +0.75%
2017 0.665 −0.001 −0.15%
2016 0.666 −0.001 −0.15%
2015 0.667 −0.001 −0.15%
2014 0.668 +0 +0%
2013 0.668 +0.002 +0.3%
2012 0.666 +0.004 +0.6%
2011 0.662 +0.002 +0.3%
2010 0.66 +0.007 +1.07%
2009 0.653 +0 +0%
2008 0.653 +0 +0%
2007 0.653 +0.006 +0.93%
2006 0.647 +0.005 +0.78%
2005 0.642 +0.006 +0.94%
2004 0.636 +0.008 +1.27%
2003 0.628 +0.007 +1.13%
2002 0.621 +0.009 +1.47%
2001 0.612 +0.005 +0.82%
2000 0.607 +0.009 +1.51%
1999 0.598 +0.004 +0.67%
1998 0.594 +0.008 +1.37%
1997 0.586 +0.01 +1.74%
1996 0.576 +0.009 +1.59%
1995 0.567 +0.009 +1.61%
1994 0.558 +0.01 +1.82%
1993 0.548 +0.01 +1.86%
1992 0.538 +0.009 +1.7%
1991 0.529 +0.006 +1.15%
1990 0.523 — —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PA Panama 0.839 CR Costa Rica 0.833 MX Mexico 0.789 BZ Belize 0.721 NI Nicaragua 0.706 SV El Salvador 0.678 GT Guatemala 0.662 HN Honduras 0.645
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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