El Salvador Poverty Rate 1989-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2018 was 25.70%, a 3.2% decline from 2017.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2017 was 28.90%, a 1.8% decline from 2016.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2016 was 30.70%, a 1.1% decline from 2015.
- El Salvador poverty rate for 2015 was 31.80%, a 3.1% decline from 2014.
| El Salvador Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
25.70% |
-3.20% |
| 2017 |
28.90% |
-1.80% |
| 2016 |
30.70% |
-1.10% |
| 2015 |
31.80% |
-3.10% |
| 2014 |
34.90% |
-0.10% |
| 2013 |
35.00% |
-3.90% |
| 2012 |
38.90% |
-2.40% |
| 2011 |
41.30% |
0.00% |
| 2010 |
41.30% |
-1.50% |
| 2009 |
42.80% |
-0.50% |
| 2008 |
43.30% |
4.30% |
| 2007 |
39.00% |
-3.30% |
| 2006 |
42.30% |
-2.70% |
| 2005 |
45.00% |
0.10% |
| 2004 |
44.90% |
-2.20% |
| 2003 |
47.10% |
0.70% |
| 2002 |
46.40% |
0.20% |
| 2001 |
46.20% |
1.70% |
| 2000 |
44.50% |
-5.40% |
| 1999 |
49.90% |
-2.20% |
| 1998 |
52.10% |
-0.50% |
| 1996 |
52.60% |
1.80% |
| 1995 |
50.80% |
-9.30% |
| 1991 |
60.10% |
8.50% |
| 1989 |
51.60% |
8.50% |
