IndicatorSLVEl SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.51rank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)37rank #132Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.13rank #128Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.13rank #133Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.36rank #118Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)47.5rank #127Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.51rank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.3%rank #91Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.16rank #111Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)67.6rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)53.1rank #105Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)47rank #149Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.08rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.32rank #98Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.09rank #134Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)44rank #137Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)31.7%rank #61Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.59rank #111Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)13.9%rank #95Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.4%rank #94Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table58,053.4rank #125Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-3.5%rank #91Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT60.2%rank #68Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)75.4%rank #90Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.1%rank #91Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)36.71Brank #108Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)3.9%rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)5,766.7rank #113Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)12,050rank #115Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)10,594.8rank #118Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)27.9%rank #41Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)26.3%rank #39Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)22.8%rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)5.6%rank #77Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table2.3rank #101Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)24.5%rank #81Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)0.26%rank #17Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT62.3%rank #87Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)27.5%rank #5Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.1%rank #77Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)55.5rank #71Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.8%rank #31Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)88.2%rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)3.3%rank #50Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT3.3%rank #51Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)30.8%rank #97Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)7.8%rank #47Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT7.9%rank #50Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)32%rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)56.1%rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)6.43Brank #120Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)17.85Brank #92Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)91.6%rank #112Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)88%rank #106Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data1rank #49Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,896.3rank #101Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF95%rank #5Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)9.3%rank #40Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)8.8rank #45Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)72.3rank #135Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)39rank #31Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)96%rank #4Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF96%rank #4Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF8.3%rank #24Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)1.6rank #31Data 2023 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)29.6rank #150Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)20.9rank #85Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)8.2%rank #15Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF10%rank #12Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)7.6rank #92Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)116rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF10rank #77Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)5.3%rank #18Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF2.9%rank #11Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)89.8%rank #21Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.3%rank #32Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)11.1rank #155Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)7.3rank #137Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)82.6%rank #91Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)89.9%rank #116Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)62.1%rank #97Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)32.8%rank #65Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)15.6rank #100Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)1.8rank #121Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP27rank #135Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-3.7rank #177Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)6.37Mrank #112Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)0.43%rank #146Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP77.5rank #124Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP6,663.3rank #116Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP49.7rank #153Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)75.5%rank #61Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data8.97Mrank #112Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data1.4rank #138Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)98.7%rank #10Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber30.3%rank #24Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber20.6%rank #9Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber3.1%rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)1,207.9rank #103Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)33%rank #105Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch2.3rank #41Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber137.8rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data86.5%rank #10Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)21.9%rank #91Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch14.5rank #58Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)96.6%rank #14Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)99.4%rank #6Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)786.9rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)57,123.2rank #96Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)12.4%rank #100Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)8.3%rank #129Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)57.3%rank #46Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)11,868rank #82Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)2,819.2rank #92Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)102.5rank #123Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)14rank #57Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)176.5rank #10Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)191.2rank #152Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR108,289rank #161Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)4.6%rank #26Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)49.1%rank #121Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)12.5rank #90Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.98rank #41Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.36rank #82Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)39.8rank #38Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)7.9rank #76Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.68rank #102Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.56rank #86Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR71,500rank #9Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)66.5%rank #124Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data6.6rank #35Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.64rank #75Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.01rank #132Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.02rank #90Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.06rank #102Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.19rank #114Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR182rank #141Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR68,182rank #146Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT21.9%rank #113Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP4rank #3Data 1992 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5rank #42Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.4rank #37Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.4rank #34Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.7rank #27Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.6rank #23Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.6rank #29Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.6rank #43Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP88rank #21Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5rank #47Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.6rank #35Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.1rank #34Data 2026 · Status unspecified