Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile was 3.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in El Salvador, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in El Salvador stood at 3.0%.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and down 73.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in El Salvador peaked at 11.3% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2021.
That places El Salvador 34th out of 34 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.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8.7% | — |
| 2008 | 11.3% | +30.2% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | -21.8% |
| 2011 | 10.7% | +23.4% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 9.2% | -16.5% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 8.8% | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | -67.5% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | +2.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 3.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.5%, 8% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 3.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.0%, 18% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.4% | 8.7% | 11.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More work & labour data for El Salvador
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8531 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.8121 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.893 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2563 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,984 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,013 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,591 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,482 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,073 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in El Salvador?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in El Salvador was 3.0% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 11.3% in 2008.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile?
- El Salvador ranks 34th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.0%. 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 Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap