Full democracy in El Salvador
El Salvador: Full democracy was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0
World rank
78th
of 198 countries
All-time high
1
in 2010
All-time low
0
in 1838
Years of data
188
1838–2025
Full democracy in El Salvador, 1838–2025
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for full democracy in El Salvador is 0, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 188 years on record.
Over the whole period, full democracy in El Salvador peaked at 1 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1838.
That places El Salvador 78th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Full democracy in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1838 | 0 | — |
| 1839 | 0 | — |
| 1840 | 0 | — |
| 1841 | 0 | — |
| 1842 | 0 | — |
| 1843 | 0 | — |
| 1844 | 0 | — |
| 1845 | 0 | — |
| 1846 | 0 | — |
| 1847 | 0 | — |
| 1848 | 0 | — |
| 1849 | 0 | — |
| 1850 | 0 | — |
| 1851 | 0 | — |
| 1852 | 0 | — |
| 1853 | 0 | — |
| 1854 | 0 | — |
| 1855 | 0 | — |
| 1856 | 0 | — |
| 1857 | 0 | — |
| 1858 | 0 | — |
| 1859 | 0 | — |
| 1860 | 0 | — |
| 1861 | 0 | — |
| 1862 | 0 | — |
| 1863 | 0 | — |
| 1864 | 0 | — |
| 1865 | 0 | — |
| 1866 | 0 | — |
| 1867 | 0 | — |
| 1868 | 0 | — |
| 1869 | 0 | — |
| 1870 | 0 | — |
| 1871 | 0 | — |
| 1872 | 0 | — |
| 1873 | 0 | — |
| 1874 | 0 | — |
| 1875 | 0 | — |
| 1876 | 0 | — |
| 1877 | 0 | — |
| 1878 | 0 | — |
| 1879 | 0 | — |
| 1880 | 0 | — |
| 1881 | 0 | — |
| 1882 | 0 | — |
| 1883 | 0 | — |
| 1884 | 0 | — |
| 1885 | 0 | — |
| 1886 | 0 | — |
| 1887 | 0 | — |
| 1888 | 0 | — |
| 1889 | 0 | — |
| 1890 | 0 | — |
| 1891 | 0 | — |
| 1892 | 0 | — |
| 1893 | 0 | — |
| 1894 | 0 | — |
| 1895 | 0 | — |
| 1896 | 0 | — |
| 1897 | 0 | — |
| 1898 | 0 | — |
| 1899 | 0 | — |
| 1900 | 0 | — |
| 1901 | 0 | — |
| 1902 | 0 | — |
| 1903 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | 0 | — |
| 1905 | 0 | — |
| 1906 | 0 | — |
| 1907 | 0 | — |
| 1908 | 0 | — |
| 1909 | 0 | — |
| 1910 | 0 | — |
| 1911 | 0 | — |
| 1912 | 0 | — |
| 1913 | 0 | — |
| 1914 | 0 | — |
| 1915 | 0 | — |
| 1916 | 0 | — |
| 1917 | 0 | — |
| 1918 | 0 | — |
| 1919 | 0 | — |
| 1920 | 0 | — |
| 1921 | 0 | — |
| 1922 | 0 | — |
| 1923 | 0 | — |
| 1924 | 0 | — |
| 1925 | 0 | — |
| 1926 | 0 | — |
| 1927 | 0 | — |
| 1928 | 0 | — |
| 1929 | 0 | — |
| 1930 | 0 | — |
| 1931 | 0 | — |
| 1932 | 0 | — |
| 1933 | 0 | — |
| 1934 | 0 | — |
| 1935 | 0 | — |
| 1936 | 0 | — |
| 1937 | 0 | — |
| 1938 | 0 | — |
| 1939 | 0 | — |
| 1940 | 0 | — |
| 1941 | 0 | — |
| 1942 | 0 | — |
| 1943 | 0 | — |
| 1944 | 0 | — |
| 1945 | 0 | — |
| 1946 | 0 | — |
| 1947 | 0 | — |
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 0 | — |
| 1950 | 0 | — |
| 1951 | 0 | — |
| 1952 | 0 | — |
| 1953 | 0 | — |
| 1954 | 0 | — |
| 1955 | 0 | — |
| 1956 | 0 | — |
| 1957 | 0 | — |
| 1958 | 0 | — |
| 1959 | 0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 78 Afghanistan 0
- 78 Albania 0
- 78 Algeria 0
- 78 Angola 0
- 78 Armenia 0
- 78 Azerbaijan 0
- 78 Bahrain 0
- 78 Bangladesh 0
- 78 Belarus 0
- 78 Benin 0 compare
- 78 Bhutan 0
- 78 Bolivia 0 compare
- 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
- 78 Botswana 0 compare
- 78 Brunei 0
- 78 Burkina Faso 0
- 78 Burundi 0
- 78 Cambodia 0
- 78 Cameroon 0
- 78 Central African Republic 0
- 78 Chad 0
- 78 China 0
- 78 Colombia 0
- 78 Comoros 0
- 78 Congo 0
- 78 Cote d'Ivoire 0
- 78 Cuba 0
- 78 Democratic Republic of Congo 0
- 78 Djibouti 0
- 78 East Timor 0
- 78 Ecuador 0
- 78 Egypt 0
- 78 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 78 Eritrea 0
- 78 Eswatini 0
- 78 Ethiopia 0
- 78 Gabon 0
- 78 Gambia 0
- 78 Georgia 0
- 78 Guatemala 0
- 78 Guinea 0
- 78 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 78 Haiti 0
- 78 Honduras 0 compare
- 78 Hungary 0 compare
- 78 India 0 compare
- 78 Indonesia 0
- 78 Iran 0
- 78 Iraq 0
- 78 Israel 0
- 78 Jordan 0
- 78 Kazakhstan 0
- 78 Kenya 0
- 78 Kuwait 0
- 78 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 78 Laos 0
- 78 Lebanon 0
- 78 Lesotho 0
- 78 Liberia 0
- 78 Libya 0
- 78 Liechtenstein 0
- 78 Madagascar 0
- 78 Malawi 0
- 78 Malaysia 0
- 78 Maldives 0
- 78 Mali 0
- 78 Mauritania 0
- 78 Mexico 0
- 78 Moldova 0
- 78 Monaco 0
- 78 Montenegro 0
- 78 Morocco 0
- 78 Mozambique 0
- 78 Myanmar 0
- 78 Nepal 0
- 78 Nicaragua 0
- 78 Niger 0
- 78 Nigeria 0
- 78 North Korea 0
- 78 North Macedonia 0
- 78 Oman 0
- 78 Pakistan 0
- 78 Palestine 0
- 78 Paraguay 0
- 78 Peru 0 compare
- 78 Philippines 0 compare
- 78 Qatar 0
- 78 Russia 0
- 78 Rwanda 0
- 78 Saudi Arabia 0
- 78 Senegal 0 compare
- 78 Serbia 0
- 78 Sierra Leone 0
- 78 Singapore 0
- 78 Slovakia 0 compare
- 78 Solomon Islands 0 compare
- 78 Somalia 0
- 78 South Sudan 0
- 78 Sri Lanka 0 compare
- 78 Sudan 0
- 78 Syria 0
- 78 Tajikistan 0
- 78 Tanzania 0
- 78 Thailand 0
- 78 Togo 0
- 78 Tunisia 0
- 78 Turkey 0
- 78 Turkmenistan 0
- 78 USSR 0
- 78 Uganda 0
- 78 Ukraine 0
- 78 United Arab Emirates 0
- 78 Uzbekistan 0
- 78 Vatican 0
- 78 Venezuela 0 compare
- 78 Vietnam 0
- 78 Western Sahara 0
- 78 Yemen 0
- 78 Zambia 0
- 78 Zimbabwe 0
More social development data for El Salvador
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 182 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 68,182 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0107 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 68,182 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is full democracy in El Salvador?
- Full democracy in El Salvador was 0 in 2025, according to Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest full democracy recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2010.
- What is the lowest full democracy recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1838.
- How does El Salvador rank for full democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 78th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Full democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).