Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or in El Salvador
El Salvador: Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or was 0.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or in El Salvador, 2007–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or in El Salvador stood at 0.2%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or in El Salvador peaked at 0.2% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2007.
That places El Salvador 41st out of 41 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.1% | — |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +100.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -50.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17.9%, 1% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.3%, 1% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More education data for El Salvador
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17,715 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 21,853 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 100,826 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 100,758 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 417,193 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 594,860 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0939 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or in El Salvador?
- Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or in El Salvador was 0.2% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2010.
- What is the lowest proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2007.
- How does El Salvador rank for proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or?
- El Salvador ranks 41st out of 41 countries with data for 2020.
- Is proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or services, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release