El Salvador's gni per capita rose from US$1,560 in 1996 to US$5,410 in 2025.
El Salvador · Income & inequality
Living standards, poverty and distribution.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Income
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
current international $
113th of 181 · 26th in Latin America
El Salvador's gni per capita, ppp (current international $) rose from intl $3,840 in 1996 to intl $13.1k in 2025.
Household consumption per capita (constant 2015 US$)
constant 2015 US$
71st of 129 · 13th in Latin America
El Salvador's household consumption per capita (constant 2015 us$) rose from US$2,555 in 1996 to US$3,693 in 2025.
Inequality
El Salvador's gini index fell from 48.7 in 1989 to 39.8 in 2023.
El Salvador's income share held by highest 10% fell from 34.9 % in 1989 to 29.7 % in 2023.
El Salvador's income share held by lowest 20% rose from 2.6 % in 1989 to 5.6 % in 2023.
Poverty
El Salvador's extreme poverty fell from 24.8 % in 1989 to 4.6 % in 2023.
El Salvador's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines rose from 26.2 % in 2020 to 27.2 % in 2023.
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for El Salvador.