Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in El Salvador

El Salvador: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st was 15.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
15.6%
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
32nd
of 36 countries
All-time high
15.9%
in 2021
All-time low
8.7%
in 2007
Years of data
14
2007–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in El Salvador, 2007–2022

0510152007201420222007: 8.72008: 11.62009: 11.62010: 9.62011: 11.72012: 112014: 10.32015: 9.42016: 9.32017: 10.32018: 8.92019: 8.92021: 15.92022: 15.6

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 15.6% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in 2022.

The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in El Salvador peaked at 15.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2007.

El Salvador ranks 32nd of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in El Salvador, 2007 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2007 8.7%
2008 11.6% +33.1%
2009 11.6% +0.2%
2010 9.6% -17.2%
2011 11.7% +22.0%
2012 11.0% -5.9%
2014 10.3% -6.6%
2015 9.4% -8.9%
2016 9.3% -0.9%
2017 10.3% +10.9%
2018 8.9% -14.4%
2019 8.9% +0.5%
2021 15.9% +79.1%
2022 15.6% -1.8%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 15.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.9%, 31% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 15.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 29.8%, 52% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st 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 +79.1% 8.9% 15.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 10.6% 8.7% 11.6% 3
2010s 9.9% 8.9% 11.7% 9
2020s 15.8% 15.6% 15.9% 2

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  3. 31 Paraguay 16.9% compare
  4. 33 South Africa 13.5% compare
  5. 34 Colombia 12.6% compare
  6. 35 Côte d'Ivoire 8.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in El Salvador?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in El Salvador was 15.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 15.9% in 2021.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2007.
How does El Salvador rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st?
El Salvador ranks 32nd out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 367 data points, 2002–2023
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