Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor was 0.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor in El Salvador, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in <$2.15 a day.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -extreme poor in El Salvador stood at 0.7%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.5% on the previous year and down 93.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -extreme poor in El Salvador peaked at 17.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2022.
El Salvador ranks 33rd of 34 countries on this measure, 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 -extreme poor in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | <$2.15 a day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8.2% | — |
| 2008 | 12.3% | +49.1% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | -31.4% |
| 2010 | 5.8% | -31.6% |
| 2011 | 11.2% | +93.9% |
| 2012 | 9.8% | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 9.9% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | +63.4% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | -45.2% |
| 2017 | 13.4% | +51.8% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -94.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -29.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.7% | 8.2% | 12.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 5.8% | 17.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 2 |
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- 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 -extreme poor in El Salvador?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -extreme poor in El Salvador was 0.7% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -extreme poor recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -extreme poor recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -extreme poor?
- El Salvador ranks 33rd out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -extreme poor rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 93.1%. 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 Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). 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