EXPLORING THE DATA
El Salvador
The Central America Monitor collects data on more than 100 qualitative and quantitative indicators in eight key areas. The Monitor started collecting data in 2014 and will update this platform annually to provide an ongoing resource to assess advances, setbacks, or lack of movement on specific human rights and rule of law issues. The bulk of the quantitative data is obtained from primary sources through official requests for information. To see the data, start by clicking on a country below, then selecting a main category. Under each category, select a specific indicator to explore the corresponding data points. You may also download the raw data, download or share the graphics, and view or share some key findings.
Sources: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses; United Nations Population Fund; Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre, Publication Division of ECLAC.
Sources: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses; United Nations Population Fund; Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre, Publication Division of ECLAC.
Notes: The Salvadoran government does not update its population projections annually by race or ethnicity. Consequently, the figure shown in a given year derives from the last census that took place: 2007 in El Salvador.
Source: 2007 population and housing census of El Salvador.
Note: El Salvador’s 2007 census did not include a denomination for afro-descendants.
Sources: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses of El Salvador; World Bank.
Sources: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses of El Salvador; World Bank.
Source: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses.
Source: World Bank.
Note: In El Salvador, the rates were calculated using the average minimum salary that the government established for different sectors: commerce and services; maquila and textiles; industry; crop collection; seasonal agriculture; and agricultural and livestock farming.
Source: Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of El Salvador.
Note: The figures shown were calculated to represent per capita costs of basic provisions, known as the “basic basket of goods” (canasta básica). In El Salvador, the figures represent the average cost of basic food provisions for rural and urban areas.
Source: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses of El Salvador.
Source: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses of El Salvador.
Source: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses of El Salvador.
Note: The literacy rate refers to the percentage of people who can read and write, and includes those older than 10 years in El Salvador.
Source: General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses of El Salvador.
Note: The annual data regarding legal complaints provided by the Office of the Public Defender for Human Rights do not correspond to the calendar year. The period consists of June from one year (which is the year denoted in the chart) through May of the following year. For example, the 2014 data point in the chart represents June 2014 through May 2015.
Sources: Passionate Social Service, based on data provided by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office of El Salvador.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Note: The figures shown also include cases of deprivation of liberty (privación de libertad).
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office of El Salvador.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office of El Salvador.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office of El Salvador.
Note: No information was available regarding the establishment or start of operations for the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Asset Recovery for 2014 or 2015. The figures shown represent the number of prosecutors and assistant prosecutors.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Note: The figures shown represent judges and magistrates. No information was available regarding the establishment or start of operations for Specialized Courts of Sentence or Instruction for a Life Free of Violence and Discrimination for Women for 2014, 2015, or 2016. No data was available in any year for the Specialized Chamber for a Life Free of Violence and Discrimination for Women.
Source: Supreme Court of Justice.
Note: No data was available for 2014 or 2015. The Counternarcotics Division includes personnel from the Canine Unit, Special Counternarcotics Group, Investigations Department of the Counternarcotics Division, Joint Counternarcotics Intelligence Center, regional Counternarcotics coordination offices, and Counternarcotics sections in the districts San Salvador-Sur, Ciudad Delgado, Santa Ana, Ahuachapán and La Libertad-Norte for 2016 and 2017; and in Sonsonate and Usulután for 2017 only.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Note: The figures shown represent the number of forensic experts with jurisdiction in criminal matters.
Source: Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Note: The figures shown represent the total budget allocation for the Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Source: Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Note: The figures shown refer to the number of public defenders with jurisdiction in criminal matters.
Source: Public Defender’s Office of the Republic.
Note: The figures represent the country’s score and ranking on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in some 180 countries.
Source: Transparency International.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Note: No data was available for 2014 or 2015.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Note: No data was available for 2014 or 2015. Subdirectorate personnel numbers do not account for the total police force.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Note: The first graduation from the Vocational Police Sciences Program was in 2017.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Note: No data was available for 2016 or 2017.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Source: National Public Security Academy.
Source: Ministry of Finance.
Note: The figures shown represent budget execution for the PNC. No data was available for budget execution by the National Public Security Academy.
Source: Ministry of Finance.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Note: The figures shown represent cases of homicide, injuries, torture, femicide, and unlawful curtailment of freedom of movement.
Source: National Civilian Police.
Sources: Public Prosecutor’s Office; Judiciary of El Salvador; General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses; Institute of Forensic Medicine; Public Defender’s Office of the Republic.
Sources: Public Prosecutor’s Office; Judiciary of El Salvador; General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses; Institute of Forensic Medicine; Public Defender’s Office of the Republic.
Note: The figures shown represent the total budget allocation for each institution.
Source: Ministry of Finance.
Source: Ministry of Finance.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Note: The figures reported in this section include the following crimes: homicide, extortion, drugs, human trafficking, femicide, rape, kidnapping and deprivation of liberty, threats, illegal limitation of free movement, money laundering, and terrorism.
Sources: Public Prosecutor’s Office; General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses.
Sources: Public Prosecutor’s Office; General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses.
Note: The figures reported in this section include the following crimes: homicide, extortion, drugs, human trafficking, femicide, rape, kidnapping and deprivation of liberty, threats, illegal limitation of free movement, money laundering, and terrorism.
Sources: Public Defender’s Office of the Republic; General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses.
Note: The figures reported in this section include the following crimes: homicide, extortion, drugs, human trafficking, femicide, rape, kidnapping and deprivation of liberty, threats, illegal limitation of free movement, money laundering, and terrorism.
Sources: Institute of Forensic Medicine; General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Source: Judiciary of El Salvador.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Note: The figures reported in this section include the following crimes: homicide, extortion, drugs, human trafficking, femicide, rape, kidnapping and deprivation of liberty, threats, illegal limitation of free movement, money laundering, and terrorism.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Source: Public Defender’s Office.
Source: Public Defender’s Office.
Source: Public Defender’s Office.
Source: Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Source: Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Note: The Ministry of National Defense denied our request for information regarding the number of personnel within the Armed Forces, stating that the information is classified because its release may pose risks to national security and territorial integrity.
Note: El Salvador had 11,200 authorized military personnel deployed until June 2014. As of July 2014, the government issed a new decree that authorized deployment of 7,900 troops.
Sources: University Institute for Public Opinion; Ministry of National Defense.
Note: The figures shown refer to the total approved budget for the Ministry of National Defense, which does not have a specific budget line item for the Armed Forces. However, the line item category for Institutional Operational Management accounts for more than 90% of its budget, and encompasses maintenance of naval, aerial, and land forces. The information available indicates that the budget of the Armed Forces represents some 3% of the El Salvador’s total national budget.
Source: Ministry of Finance.
Note: The annual data regarding legal complaints provided by the Office of the Public Defender for Human Rights do not correspond to the calendar year. The period consists of June from one year (which is the year denoted in the chart) through May of the following year. For example, the 2014 data point in the chart represents June 2014 through May 2015.
Sources: Ministry of National Defense; Office of the Public Defender for Human Rights.
Source: Office of the Public Defender for Human Rights.
Note: The data shown represent a sample of the main types of crimes registered during the period: homicides; injuries; threats; rape and sexual assaults; deprivation of liberty; arbitrary acts; damages; bribery; illegal possession, carrying, or use of firearms; trafficking of prohibited objects in prisons; association with illicit groups or terrorist organizations; and violence against women.
Source: Public Prosecutor’s Office.
