Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile was 1.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.2% for poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in 2022.
That represents a change of up 60.8% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador peaked at 2.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2021.
El Salvador ranks 30th of 31 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1.1% | — |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | +86.0% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -18.0% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | +17.3% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | +53.2% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | -23.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -60.6% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +60.8% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 24.1%, 5% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.4%, 27% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.4% compare
- 28 Colombia 2.1% compare
- 29 Peru 1.3% compare
- 31 Côte d'Ivoire 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 headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador?
- Poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in El Salvador was 1.2% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile?
- El Salvador ranks 30th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. 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 Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount