Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor in El Salvador
El Salvador: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor was 10.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor in El Salvador, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in El Salvador stood at 10.7%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 137.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in El Salvador peaked at 10.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2015.
El Salvador ranks 32nd of 37 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 Protection and Labor in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | poorest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3.8% | — |
| 2008 | 4.6% | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 5.7% | +24.6% |
| 2010 | 4.7% | -17.4% |
| 2011 | 6.1% | +30.5% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | -26.4% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | +25.5% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -48.6% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | +155.1% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | +9.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 10.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 32.4%, 33% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 10.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20.4%, 53% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor 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 | +155.1% | 3.8% | 9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 4.3% | 2.9% | 6.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 9.8% | 10.7% | 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 headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in El Salvador?
- Poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in El Salvador was 10.7% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2015.
- How does El Salvador rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor?
- El Salvador ranks 32nd out of 37 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 137.5%. 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 Protection and Labor -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount