El Salvador

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 8,420.49 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 6,486,201 HDI (2020): 0.67
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 107
Score: 45.1
Vulnerability 0.444
Readiness 0.347

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of El Salvador places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. El Salvador is the 81st most vulnerable country and the 128th most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ranking
119
117
117
112
112
109
110
110
111
104
107
98
98
97
100
100
98
101
99
97
99
106
107
107
107
107
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.444
Food
0.464
Projected change of cereal yields
0.981
Projected population change
0.124
Food import dependency
0.354
Rural population
0.286
Agriculture capacity
0.945
Child malnutrition
0.095
Water
0.419
Projected change of annual runoff
0.497
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.229
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.114
Water dependency ratio
0.405
Dam capacity
0.851
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.409
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.303
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.658
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.023
Slum population
0.230
Medical staff
0.830
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.519
Projected change of biome distribution
0.647
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.861
Natural capital dependency
0.154
Ecological footprint
0.264
Protected biome
0.429
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.757
Human Habitat
0.532
Projected change of warm periods
0.354
Projected change of flood hazard
0.400
Urban concentration
0.714
Age dependency ratio
0.544
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.705
Paved roads
0.473
Infrastructure
0.321
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.431
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.146
Dependency on imported energy
0.834
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.029
Electricity access
0
Disaster preparedness
0.488