Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in El Salvador
El Salvador: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 16.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in El Salvador, 1989–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2023, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in El Salvador stood at 16.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in El Salvador peaked at 26.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 2015.
That places El Salvador 28th out of 130 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 25.5% | — |
| 1991 | 24.2% | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 21.1% | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 22.0% | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 26.9% | +22.3% |
| 1999 | 24.3% | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 23.3% | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 23.6% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 23.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24.1% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 20.9% | -13.3% |
| 2005 | 21.3% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 18.2% | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 16.2% | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 18.6% | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 18.5% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 15.9% | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 15.7% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 15.6% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 14.4% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 16.3% | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 15.3% | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 14.6% | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | +16.4% |
| 2022 | 16.9% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 16.2% | -4.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 16.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.8%, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 16.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.8%, 91% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.5% | 25.5% | 25.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 23.7% | 21.1% | 26.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 20.8% | 16.2% | 24.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7% | 14.4% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 16.2% | 17.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More infrastructure data for El Salvador
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 176.52 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 885,101 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 13.96 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1396 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.6394 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 885,101 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.77 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in El Salvador?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in El Salvador was 16.2% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 26.9% in 1998.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 2015.
- How does El Salvador rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- El Salvador ranks 28th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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