Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile was 1.9% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.9% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.4% on the previous year and down 66.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador peaked at 6.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2021.
That places El Salvador 33rd 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 | poorest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4.1% | — |
| 2008 | 6.7% | +64.2% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | -18.8% |
| 2010 | 4.7% | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 6.1% | +30.5% |
| 2012 | 5.7% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | -13.8% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 4.4% | -19.1% |
| 2017 | 5.5% | +26.5% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -71.4% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | +26.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.3%, 5% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.1%, 19% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4% | 4.1% | 6.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 4.4% | 6.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 30 Côte d'Ivoire 5.2% compare
- 31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.7% compare
- 32 Paraguay 2.4% compare
- 34 Honduras 0.9% compare
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 1.9% 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 6.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile?
- El Salvador ranks 33rd 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 66.6%. 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). 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