El Salvador

Selected EarthTrends Data:

Variable	Value
Gini Index{1}	52
Population living on less than $1/day{2}	19%
Population living on less than $2/day{3}	41%
Poverty Gap $1/day{4}	9%
Poverty Gap $2/day{5}	18%
Access to improved sanitation	62%
Access to an improved water source	84%
Literacy rate, all adults	n/a
Life expectancy, both sexes	72 years

Definitions and Sources

{1} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {2} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {3} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {4} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {5} Survey year: 2002. Based on income.

Poverty resources:

• Operationalising Pro-poor Growth: A Country Case Study on El Salvador (Document)
• USAID El Salvador Country Office (Project)
• World Bank El Salvador Program (Project)

Poverty datasets:

• None

Citations from the World Resources Report:

• Building Democracy in El Salvador
• Rural Poverty, Household Responses to Shocks, and Agricultural Land Use: Panel Results for El Salvador

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World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)

• http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/country/54

Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)

• http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/?country_iso=SV