El Salvador poverty rate for 2023 was 29.90%, a 2.8% decline from 2022.
El Salvador poverty rate for 2022 was 32.70%, a 0.8% decline from 2021.
El Salvador poverty rate for 2021 was 33.50%, a 1.2% decline from 2019.
El Salvador poverty rate for 2019 was 34.70%, a 4.4% decline from 2018.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: El Salvador Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1989 - 2023.