El Salvador Poverty Rate 1989-2024
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 2022 was 27.50%, a 0.9% decline from 2021.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2021 was 28.40%, a 0.4% decline from 2019.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2019 was 28.80%, a 4.2% decline from 2018.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2018 was 33.00%, a 3.3% decline from 2017.
| El Salvador Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
27.50% |
-0.90% |
| 2021 |
28.40% |
-0.40% |
| 2019 |
28.80% |
-4.20% |
| 2018 |
33.00% |
-3.30% |
| 2017 |
36.30% |
-2.40% |
| 2016 |
38.70% |
-1.50% |
| 2015 |
40.20% |
-2.50% |
| 2014 |
42.70% |
0.00% |
| 2013 |
42.70% |
-4.40% |
| 2012 |
47.10% |
-2.90% |
| 2011 |
50.00% |
0.90% |
| 2010 |
49.10% |
-1.40% |
| 2009 |
50.50% |
-0.40% |
| 2008 |
50.90% |
3.70% |
| 2007 |
47.20% |
-3.30% |
| 2006 |
50.50% |
-1.30% |
| 2005 |
51.80% |
0.00% |
| 2004 |
51.80% |
-1.80% |
| 2003 |
53.60% |
1.20% |
| 2002 |
52.40% |
0.00% |
| 2001 |
52.40% |
1.40% |
| 2000 |
51.00% |
-4.30% |
| 1999 |
55.30% |
-2.60% |
| 1998 |
57.90% |
-1.80% |
| 1996 |
59.70% |
1.50% |
| 1995 |
58.20% |
-7.70% |
| 1991 |
65.90% |
7.40% |
| 1989 |
58.50% |
7.40% |
