Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in El Salvador
El Salvador: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 36 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in El Salvador, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in El Salvador is 36 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in El Salvador peaked at 46 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 36 %, in 2023.
El Salvador ranks 96th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46 % | — |
| 2001 | 46 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 45 % | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 45 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 45 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 44 % | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 44 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 44 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 43 % | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 43 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 42 % | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 42 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 41 % | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 41 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 40 % | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 40 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 39 % | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 39 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 39 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 38 % | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 38 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 37 % | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 37 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 36 % | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 36 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.5 % | 43 % | 46 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.1 % | 38 % | 42 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.8 % | 36 % | 38 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 94 Trinidad and Tobago 38 % compare
- 95 Bangladesh 37 % compare
- 96 Kenya 36 % compare
- 98 Sao Tome and Principe 35 % compare
- 99 Mozambique 34 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in El Salvador?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in El Salvador was 36 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 46 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 36 % in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- El Salvador ranks 96th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.