Colombia vs El Salvador: Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social

Colombia
8.8%
in 2022
El Salvador
5.1%
in 2022
Colombia rank
3rd
El Salvador rank
5th

Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social over time

  • Colombia
  • El Salvador
4681012201020162022

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 8.8% against 5.1% in El Salvador, a difference of 3.7%.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.7 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2012 it was El Salvador ahead.

Colombia ranks 3rd and El Salvador ranks 5th of 24 countries.

Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia El Salvador Difference Ahead
2010s 7.7% 7.7% 0.1% Colombia
2020s 7.9% 4.8% 3.1% Colombia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - social, Colombia or El Salvador?
Colombia, at 8.8% against 5.1% in El Salvador as of 2022.
What is the difference in beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - social between Colombia and El Salvador?
3.7%, with Colombia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and El Salvador?
7 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2022.
How do Colombia and El Salvador rank globally for beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - social?
Colombia ranks 3rd and El Salvador ranks 5th of 24 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Colombia vs El Salvador: Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/beneficiary-incidence-in-extreme-poor-2-15-a-day-percent-social-pensions/colombia/el-salvador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/beneficiary-incidence-in-extreme-poor-2-15-a-day-percent-social-pensions/colombia/el-salvador/">Colombia vs El Salvador: Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Beneficiary incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Social Pensions
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 212 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage of program beneficiaries in a quintile relative to the total number of beneficiaries in the population