Poverty & Inequality in El Salvador 99 indicators covering poverty & inequality for El Salvador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys 2025 down 30.0% 45th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 32.0% 41st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.3% 29th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.77 live births per woman 2023 down 17.6% 131st Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,819 kg per hectare 2024 up 13.4% 94th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.5% 62nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year 2024 up 118.2% 72nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.61 2023 up 20.8% 87th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.6% 2023 up 20.8% 87th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 20.8% 78th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.26 % change on previous year 2023 down 142.0% 136th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -12.5 % change on previous year 2025 — 106th Gender Inequality Index 0.362 2023 down 4.7% 79th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.4% 2023 up 27.1% 81st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1087 2023 down 5.1% 99th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1087 2023 down 5.1% 99th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.157 2023 down 9.3% 63rd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 4.6% 2023 down 35.2% 42nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.7% 2023 down 10.5% 36th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 8.6% 2023 down 46.9% 48th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 29.9% 2023 down 39.1% 53rd Prosperity gap 3.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 16.3% 48th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2333 2023 down 20.3% 99th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 3.1% 2023 down 32.6% 43rd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.6% 2023 down 14.5% 45th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 10.6% 2023 down 43.3% 51st Population living in slums 16.5% 2022 down 42.2% 84th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.555 2023 up 7.6% 99th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.555 2023 up 7.6% 99th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.555 2023 up 7.6% 99th Proportion of population below international poverty line 4.6% 2023 down 35.2% 44th Three metrics of inequality 59.63 2022 down 10.8% 31st Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5963 2022 down 10.8% 31st Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 162.7 2023 up 34.2% 82nd Income share held by second 20% 10.8% 2023 up 10.2% 90th Income share held by third 20% 15.4% 2023 up 7.7% 81st Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2023 up 8.2% 47th Income share held by highest 20% 45.8% 2023 down 7.7% 35th Income share held by highest 10% 29.7% 2023 down 13.2% 39th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.9% 2023 down 9.5% 103rd Income share held by lowest 20% 5.6% 2023 up 1.8% 98th Gini index 39.8 2023 down 8.3% 30th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.2% 2023 down 0.6% 29th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 120.21 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 3.4% 56th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 1.7% 2023 down 6.1% 35th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.1355 2024 up 35.4% 80th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5364 2022 down 13.9% 44th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5364 2022 down 13.9% 44th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 up 40.0% 73rd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 8,428 2017 up 30.8% 97th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 42.4% 2022 down 19.5% 62nd Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 14.8% 2022 down 45.2% 55th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 12.3% 2024 down 17.2% 89th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 4.6% 2023 down 35.1% 40th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.398 2023 down 8.2% 28th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 292,567 people 2023 down 33.3% 56th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 4.6% 2023 down 35.1% 40th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 4.6% 2023 down 35.1% 40th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 4.6% 2023 down 35.1% 40th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.79 million people 2023 up 54.8% 71st Page 1 of 2 Next →