El Salvador, year by year

Every index this site holds for El Salvador, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.523 in 1990 to 0.678 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 72.3 years2024at birthUp 3 years from 69.3 years in 2005
Internet users: 66%2024of people onlineUp 61 points from 6% in 2006
Urban population: 76%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 14 points from 62% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.772024births per womanDown 0.67 from 2.44 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 22%2021of energy usedDown 11 points from 33% in 2004
Access to electricity: 99%2024of people with electricityUp 11 points from 88% in 2005
Infant mortality: 92024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 11 from 20 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.5 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.3 t from 1.2 t in 2005
Forest area: 28%2023of land under forestDown 4 points from 32% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.523	62.0	—	—	3.96	67.1	—	47	0.5	34.7	—	—
1991	0.529	62.5	—	49.6	3.89	64.7	70	45	0.6	34.5	—	—
1992	0.538	62.9	—	50.3	3.80	61.7	75	42	0.7	34.3	—	—
1993	0.548	64.0	—	51.0	3.69	59.3	76	40	0.7	34.0	—	—
1994	0.558	64.5	—	51.6	3.61	57.2	77	38	0.8	33.8	—	—
1995	0.567	64.9	—	52.4	3.57	54.7	77	36	0.9	33.6	—	—
1996	0.576	65.5	0.1	53.2	3.48	56.9	78	34	0.8	33.4	—	—
1997	0.586	66.3	0.3	54.0	3.38	53.0	80	32	1.0	33.2	—	—
1998	0.594	66.7	0.4	54.8	3.34	51.7	82	30	1.0	33.0	—	—
1999	0.598	67.3	0.8	55.7	3.22	51.0	79	28	1.0	32.7	—	—
2000	0.607	67.7	1.2	56.6	3.08	33.5	85	26	1.0	32.5	—	—
2001	0.612	68.0	1.5	57.5	2.93	33.1	87	25	1.0	32.3	—	—
2002	0.621	68.5	1.9	58.4	2.78	34.0	88	24	1.0	32.1	—	—
2003	0.628	68.8	2.5	59.3	2.64	33.9	87	22	1.1	31.9	—	—
2004	0.636	69.3	3.2	60.1	2.52	33.3	87	21	1.1	31.6	—	—
2005	0.642	69.3	4.2	61.0	2.44	34.1	88	20	1.2	31.4	—	—
2006	0.647	69.6	5.5	61.9	2.40	34.8	89	19	1.2	31.2	2666	5693
2007	0.653	69.8	6.1	62.8	2.35	28.2	91	18	1.3	31.0	2831	5948
2008	0.653	70.1	10.1	63.6	2.29	31.5	91	17	1.2	30.8	2983	6173
2009	0.653	70.4	12.1	64.5	2.26	32.2	91	16	1.1	30.6	2910	6061
2010	0.660	70.9	15.9	65.4	2.24	32.6	92	16	1.1	30.4	3040	6246
2011	0.662	71.2	18.9	66.3	2.22	29.5	93	15	1.1	30.1	3331	6594
2012	0.666	71.4	20.3	67.2	2.19	30.3	94	14	1.1	29.9	3498	6708
2013	0.668	71.2	23.1	68.1	2.15	27.5	95	14	1.1	29.7	3582	7093
2014	0.668	71.1	24.8	68.9	2.13	24.0	95	13	1.1	29.5	3666	7504
2015	0.667	71.0	26.8	69.7	2.07	21.0	95	13	1.2	29.3	3790	7934
2016	0.666	70.9	29.0	70.4	1.97	20.7	96	12	1.2	29.1	3901	8456
2017	0.665	71.0	33.8	71.1	1.90	25.0	97	12	1.1	28.8	4020	8965
2018	0.670	71.4	43.8	71.8	1.85	23.2	97	11	1.1	28.6	4184	9204
2019	0.670	71.7	50.5	72.4	1.84	19.4	97	11	1.3	28.4	4320	9757
2020	0.660	70.2	54.6	73.1	1.82	23.7	100	10	1.1	28.2	3997	9393
2021	0.663	69.9	57.3	73.7	1.80	21.9	98	10	1.2	28.0	4643	10810
2022	0.674	72.0	60.1	74.2	1.79	—	100	10	1.4	27.8	5075	11874
2023	0.678	72.1	62.6	74.6	1.78	—	98	9	1.5	27.5	5320	12667
2024	—	72.3	66.5	75.1	1.77	—	99	9	1.5	—	5503	13258
2025	—	—	—	75.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	5767	14101
On the profile	0.678	72.3	66.5	75.5	1.77	21.9	—	—	1.5	27.5	5767	14101

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

← El Salvador profile Facts file (markdown)What changed in twenty years Methodology