Civil rights score bti in El Salvador
El Salvador: Civil rights score bti was 3 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
3
Change on year
down 25.0%
World rank
82nd
of 128 countries
All-time high
6
in 2007
All-time low
3
in 2025
Years of data
11
2005–2025
Civil rights score bti in El Salvador, 2005–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, civil rights score bti in El Salvador stood at 3. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score bti in El Salvador peaked at 6 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2025.
El Salvador ranks 82nd of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.67 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020s | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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More social development data for El Salvador
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 182 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 68,182 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 5 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.511 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.09 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.321 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.646 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.356 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.159 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score bti in El Salvador?
- Civil rights score bti in El Salvador was 3 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score bti recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2007.
- What is the lowest civil rights score bti recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for civil rights score bti?
- El Salvador ranks 82nd out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score bti rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Civil rights score bti. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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