Poverty & Inequality in El Salvador 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for El Salvador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 29.9% 2023 down 39.1% 51st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 8.6% 2023 down 46.9% 46th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 4.6% 2023 down 35.2% 40th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.7% 2023 down 10.5% 34th Prosperity gap 3.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 16.3% 46th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 10.6% 2023 down 43.3% 49th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.6% 2023 down 14.5% 43rd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 3.1% 2023 down 32.6% 41st Population living in slums 16.5% 2022 down 42.2% 84th Income share held by second 20% 10.8% 2023 up 10.2% 88th Gini index 39.8 2023 down 8.3% 30th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.6% 2023 up 1.8% 98th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.9% 2023 down 9.5% 103rd Income share held by highest 10% 29.7% 2023 down 13.2% 39th Income share held by highest 20% 45.8% 2023 down 7.7% 35th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2023 up 8.2% 45th Income share held by third 20% 15.4% 2023 up 7.7% 79th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.2% 2023 down 0.6% 27th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 4.6% 2023 down 35.1% 40th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 6.2% 2023 down 45.6% 5th