World Bank poverty and inequality measures for El Salvador, generated from analytical reports and national monitoring programs. The World Bank's Development Research Group has produced internationally comparable global poverty estimates and lines since 1990. Data is available in CSV format and was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Assess the extent and causes of poverty based on poverty and inequality measures.
- Examine the impact of growth and public policy using internationally comparable poverty estimates.
- Review household survey data and measurement methods described in the analytical work.
Strengths
- Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, which has a methodology for international comparability dating to 1990.
- Includes measures from analytical reports, national poverty monitoring programs, and global estimates.
- Available under a CC-BY-4.0 license, permitting broad reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work conducted in collaboration with national institutions, other development agencies, and civil society, using household survey data.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 11:04:38.761325; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- El Salvador