Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in El Salvador

El Salvador: Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers was 10.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
10.7%
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
27th
of 31 countries
All-time high
21.4%
in 2018
All-time low
10.7%
in 2022
Years of data
14
2007–2022

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in El Salvador, 2007–2022

051015202007201420222007: 15.42008: 19.42009: 20.62010: 19.32011: 19.32012: 19.22014: 18.82015: 20.82016: 18.72017: 18.22018: 21.42019: 20.52021: 11.12022: 10.7

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in El Salvador stood at 10.7%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in El Salvador peaked at 21.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 2022.

That places El Salvador 27th out of 31 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in El Salvador, 2007 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2007 15.4%
2008 19.4% +26.1%
2009 20.6% +6.1%
2010 19.3% -6.2%
2011 19.3% -0.3%
2012 19.2% -0.6%
2014 18.8% -2.0%
2015 20.8% +10.4%
2016 18.7% -9.9%
2017 18.2% -2.9%
2018 21.4% +17.7%
2019 20.5% -4.3%
2021 11.1% -45.8%
2022 10.7% -3.2%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 10.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17.8%, 60% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 10.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.6%, 69% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2021 -45.8% 20.5% 11.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 18.5% 15.4% 20.6% 3
2010s 19.6% 18.2% 21.4% 9
2020s 10.9% 10.7% 11.1% 2

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 24 Chile 14.5% compare
  2. 25 Mexico 14.2% compare
  3. 26 Panama 11.4% compare
  4. 28 Belarus 10.1% compare
  5. 29 Ecuador 9.4% compare
  6. 30 Malawi 6.0% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in El Salvador?
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in El Salvador was 10.7% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 21.4% in 2018.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2022.
How does El Salvador rank for adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers?
El Salvador ranks 27th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - domestic private transfers rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 318 data points, 2003–2023
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group