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El Salvador
Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · capital San Salvador
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old72.3years
Ranks 135 of 217 in 2024
3% below world median · 4% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old10.0per 1,000 live births
Ranks 77 of 196 in 2024
33% below world median · 24% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old39per 100,000 live births
Ranks 90 of 194 in 2023
17% below world median · 28% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2021 · 5 years old10.0% of under-5s
Ranks 12 of 32 in 2021
47% below world median · 18% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old9.29% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
47% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.77births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
7% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2024 · 2 years old89.8% of adults 15+
Ranks 21 of 29 in 2024
5% below world median · 5% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 29 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old89.9% gross
Ranks 116 of 134 in 2024
10% below world median · 8% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2024 · 2 years old3.32% of GDP
Ranks 32 of 40 in 2024
22% below world median · 18% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old5,767current US$
Ranks 113 of 186 in 2025
27% below world median · 48% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old14,101international $
Ranks 115 of 185 in 2025
30% below world median · 39% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2023 · 3 years old4.6% of population
Ranks 47 of 57 in 2023
4.1× above world median · 23% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2023 · 3 years old39.8index, 0–100
Ranks 43 of 57 in 2023
17% above world median · 10% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old3.3% of labour force
Ranks 51 of 182 in 2025
35% below world median · 45% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old0.3% per year
Not ranked — no better end
92% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old1.19% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
25% below world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old98.7% of population
Ranks 138 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old66.5% of population
Ranks 126 of 182 in 2024
19% below world median · 16% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old1.51t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
41% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old6.4mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
3% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
El Salvador has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.