Social Development in El Salvador 156 indicators covering social development for El Salvador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 8 2018 up 14.3% 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 108,289 2025 up 244.3% 21st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.017 units per person 2025 up 234.5% 7th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 119.8% 12th Political Rights Score 15 2025 down 54.5% 128th Freedom Score 42 2025 down 39.1% 125th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 328 2025 — 118th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 — 119th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 — 106th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -20.83 % change on previous year 2025 down 128.0% 85th Full democracy 0 2025 — 78th States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 up 5.9% 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 20.59 % change on previous year 2025 up 120.6% 25th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.197 2025 down 20.6% 160th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.356 2025 down 54.2% 140th Political Corruption Index 0.682 2025 up 12.7% 60th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.682 2025 up 12.7% 60th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.58 2024 up 43.9% 94th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 6.42 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,081.5% 2nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0127 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5,160.0% 94th LGBT+ Rights Index 3.07 2019 up 48.3% 59th Forcibly displaced people 61,510 2025 up 133,617.0% 92nd Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 40 years 2023 up 33.3% 57th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2015 — 74th Corruption Perceptions Index 30 2024 down 23.1% 129th Internally displaced people due to conflict 71,500 people 2024 — 30th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.63 2024 up 21.9% 121st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.16 2024 up 26.3% 98th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.5449 2024 up 7.0% 102nd Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0799 2024 down 114.8% 151st Self-reported life satisfaction 6.58 2025 up 8.4% 36th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.58 2025 up 8.4% 36th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 49.0% 2024 up 9.9% 60th Homicide rate 7.9 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 81.4% 43rd Homicides 496 homicides 2022 down 80.9% 59th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 7.9 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 81.4% 43rd Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 7.9 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 81.4% 43rd Age of electoral democracy 22 years 2020 up 83.3% 74th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -0.7299 2020 down 106.8% 94th Homicides 2,552 deaths 2018 down 9.1% 11th Child homicide rate 14.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 down 17.5% 2nd Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.9592 2020 down 385.4% 115th Homicide rate 39.75 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 down 13.2% 2nd Homicide rate by age of the victim 39.75 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 down 13.2% 2nd Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 5,954 deaths 2021 up 36.1% 18th Homicide rate 94.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 32.3% 1st Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 93.82 2021 up 31.9% 1st Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 328,000 2030 down 14.1% 121st States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 3.49 2030 up 9.2% 115th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →