Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — El Salvador

Poverty at $3.65 a day in El Salvador in 2023 — 8.6%. Ranked 46 in the world out of 57. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 26 pp.

2023 8.6% −1 pp vs 2022
World rank 46of 57
Period maximum 41.4%1991
Period minimum 7.7%2019

Trend over time

1989–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — El Salvador, 1989–2023020406019891993199720012005200920132017202120231989: 34.6%1991: 41.4%1995: 31.7%1996: 33.3%1998: 36.2%1999: 32.6%2000: 27.7%2001: 29.6%2002: 29.6%2003: 29.9%2004: 25.9%2005: 26.1%2006: 23%2007: 18.9%2008: 23.5%2009: 22.9%2010: 22.1%2011: 20.7%2012: 18%2013: 16.2%2014: 15.6%2015: 13%2016: 13.5%2017: 11.1%2018: 10.2%2019: 7.7%2021: 9.8%2022: 9.6%2023: 8.6%
Change over the period: −26 pp Annual average: -0.76 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

El Salvador 8.6%
World 19.6%
Central America computed 15.81%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 8.6 −1 pp
2022 9.6 −0.2 pp
2021 9.8
2019 7.7 −2.5 pp
2018 10.2 −0.9 pp
2017 11.1 −2.4 pp
2016 13.5 +0.5 pp
2015 13 −2.6 pp
2014 15.6 −0.6 pp
2013 16.2 −1.8 pp
2012 18 −2.7 pp
2011 20.7 −1.4 pp
2010 22.1 −0.8 pp
2009 22.9 −0.6 pp
2008 23.5 +4.6 pp
2007 18.9 −4.1 pp
2006 23 −3.1 pp
2005 26.1 +0.2 pp
2004 25.9 −4 pp
2003 29.9 +0.3 pp
2002 29.6 +0 pp
2001 29.6 +1.9 pp
2000 27.7 −4.9 pp
1999 32.6 −3.6 pp
1998 36.2
1996 33.3 +1.6 pp
1995 31.7
1991 41.4
1989 34.6

Central America, 2023

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.