Political rights score fh in El Salvador
El Salvador: Political rights score fh was 15 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political rights score fh in El Salvador, 2002–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score fh in El Salvador is 15, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score fh in El Salvador peaked at 35 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 15, in 2025.
El Salvador ranks 128th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political rights score fh in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 32 | — |
| 2003 | 30 | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 32 | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 34 | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 35 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 33 | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 34 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 32 | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 30 | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 26 | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 21 | -16.0% |
| 2024 | 17 | -19.0% |
| 2025 | 15 | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.12 | 30 | 34 | 8 |
| 2010s | 33.9 | 32 | 35 | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.33 | 15 | 30 | 6 |
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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 fh 5 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 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 political rights score fh in El Salvador?
- Political rights score fh in El Salvador was 15 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score fh recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 35 in 2011.
- What is the lowest political rights score fh recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for political rights score fh?
- El Salvador ranks 128th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score fh rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.5%. 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 Political rights score fh. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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