El Salvador Poverty Rate 1989-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2019 was 22.30%, a 4% decline from 2018.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2018 was 26.30%, a 3.2% decline from 2017.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2017 was 29.50%, a 1.9% decline from 2016.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2016 was 31.40%, a 1.2% decline from 2015.
| El Salvador Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
22.30% |
-4.00% |
| 2018 |
26.30% |
-3.20% |
| 2017 |
29.50% |
-1.90% |
| 2016 |
31.40% |
-1.20% |
| 2015 |
32.60% |
-2.90% |
| 2014 |
35.50% |
-0.10% |
| 2013 |
35.60% |
-3.90% |
| 2012 |
39.50% |
-2.60% |
| 2011 |
42.10% |
0.00% |
| 2010 |
42.10% |
-1.40% |
| 2009 |
43.50% |
-0.30% |
| 2008 |
43.80% |
4.20% |
| 2007 |
39.60% |
-3.20% |
| 2006 |
42.80% |
-2.70% |
| 2005 |
45.50% |
-0.10% |
| 2004 |
45.60% |
-2.20% |
| 2003 |
47.80% |
0.80% |
| 2002 |
47.00% |
0.10% |
| 2001 |
46.90% |
1.80% |
| 2000 |
45.10% |
-5.30% |
| 1999 |
50.40% |
-2.10% |
| 1998 |
52.50% |
-0.50% |
| 1996 |
53.00% |
1.60% |
| 1995 |
51.40% |
-9.20% |
| 1991 |
60.60% |
8.40% |
| 1989 |
52.20% |
8.40% |
