Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban in El Salvador

El Salvador: Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban was 9.6% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
9.6%
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
29th
of 31 countries
All-time high
21.3%
in 2009
All-time low
9.4%
in 2021
Years of data
14
2007–2022

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

051015202007201420222007: 16.42008: 20.92009: 21.32010: 19.32011: 19.62012: 18.62014: 18.22015: 19.42016: 192017: 19.62018: 20.42019: 182021: 9.42022: 9.6

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in El Salvador stood at 9.6%.

That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in El Salvador peaked at 21.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2021.

That places El Salvador 29th 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 (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban in El Salvador, 2007 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2007 16.4%
2008 20.9% +27.3%
2009 21.3% +2.0%
2010 19.3% -9.6%
2011 19.6% +1.4%
2012 18.6% -4.7%
2014 18.2% -2.3%
2015 19.4% +6.5%
2016 19.0% -2.2%
2017 19.6% +3.4%
2018 20.4% +3.8%
2019 18.0% -11.4%
2021 9.4% -48.1%
2022 9.6% +2.6%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 9.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.8%, 51% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 9.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.6%, 62% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban 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 -48.1% 18.0% 9.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 19.6% 16.4% 21.3% 3
2010s 19.1% 18.0% 20.4% 9
2020s 9.5% 9.4% 9.6% 2

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 26 Ecuador 12.0% compare
  2. 27 Belarus 11.2% compare
  3. 28 Panama 10.3% compare
  4. 30 Pakistan 7.8% compare
  5. 31 Burkina Faso 6.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in El Salvador?
Adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in El Salvador was 9.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 2009.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2021.
How does El Salvador rank for adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban?
El Salvador ranks 29th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. 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 (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 316 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