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
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in El Salvador, 2007–2022
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
| 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +79.1% | 8.9% | 15.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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 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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Poverty gap reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap