How does El Salvador rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp?

El Salvador ranks 69th out of 211 countries with data for 2025.

Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP in El Salvador

Name: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP in El Salvador
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

El Salvador: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP was 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.0001 people per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 4.0%

World rank

69th

of 211 countries

All-time high

0.0014 people per US$ of GDP

in 1965

All-time low

0.0001 people per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Years of data

1965–2025

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP in El Salvador, 1965–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2025, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp in El Salvador stood at 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 28.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp in El Salvador peaked at 0.0014 people per US$ of GDP in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP, in 2025.

El Salvador ranks 69th of 211 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP in El Salvador, 1965 to 2025.
Year	people per US$ of GDP	Change
1965	0.0014 people per US$ of GDP	—
1966	0.0014 people per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
1967	0.0014 people per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
1968	0.0014 people per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
1969	0.0013 people per US$ of GDP	-0.9%
1970	0.0013 people per US$ of GDP	-4.7%
1971	0.0013 people per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
1972	0.0012 people per US$ of GDP	-3.5%
1973	0.0011 people per US$ of GDP	-9.8%
1974	0.001 people per US$ of GDP	-10.8%
1975	0.0009 people per US$ of GDP	-8.8%
1976	0.0007 people per US$ of GDP	-16.6%
1977	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	-18.3%
1978	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	-2.9%
1979	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	-6.9%
1980	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
1981	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	+6.0%
1982	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	+3.6%
1983	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	+0.0%
1984	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	-1.1%
1985	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
1986	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
1987	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	-1.5%
1988	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	-2.3%
1989	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	-0.9%
1990	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	-6.3%
1991	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	-5.4%
1992	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	-7.0%
1993	0.0004 people per US$ of GDP	-10.7%
1994	0.0004 people per US$ of GDP	-11.0%
1995	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-12.0%
1996	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-4.8%
1997	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-4.1%
1998	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
1999	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-1.0%
2000	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-2.3%
2001	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-2.1%
2002	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-1.2%
2003	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
2004	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	-1.9%
2005	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-5.2%
2006	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-6.9%
2007	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
2008	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-3.8%
2009	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	+3.9%
2010	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-2.9%
2011	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-7.5%
2012	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-3.5%
2013	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-1.1%
2014	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-1.1%
2015	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-2.2%
2016	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-1.9%
2017	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-2.0%
2018	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-3.0%
2019	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-2.3%
2020	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	+9.0%
2021	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	-13.2%
2022	0.0001 people per US$ of GDP	-7.9%
2023	0.0001 people per US$ of GDP	-4.0%
2024	0.0001 people per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
2025	0.0001 people per US$ of GDP	-4.0%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

El Salvador's 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP, 1.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
El Salvador's 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP, 2.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0014 people per US$ of GDP	0.0013 people per US$ of GDP	0.0014 people per US$ of GDP	5
1970s	0.0009 people per US$ of GDP	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	0.0013 people per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	0.0006 people per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0004 people per US$ of GDP	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	0.0005 people per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	0.0003 people per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0001 people per US$ of GDP	0.0001 people per US$ of GDP	0.0002 people per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near El Salvador

66 Philippines 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP compare
67 Morocco 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP compare
68 India 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP compare
70 Iraq 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP compare
71 Uzbekistan 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP compare
72 Bangladesh 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 211 places →

More population data for El Salvador

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.8534 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.2367 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.8534 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -1.5 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 6,637 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.3467 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth -0.9% (2100)
Population density 244.85 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 204,177 people (2100)

All data for El Salvador →

Frequently asked questions

What is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp in El Salvador?: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp in El Salvador was 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp recorded in El Salvador?: The highest recorded value was 0.0014 people per US$ of GDP in 1965.
What is the lowest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp recorded in El Salvador?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP in 2025.
How does El Salvador rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp?: El Salvador ranks 69th out of 211 countries with data for 2025.
Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 61 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP in El Salvador. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-people-living-in-urban-and-rural-areas-per-unit-of-gdp/el-salvador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-people-living-in-urban-and-rural-areas-per-unit-of-gdp/el-salvador/">Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP in El Salvador</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Number of people living in urban and rural areas ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Number of people living in urban and rural areas United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP
Unit: people per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 211 places, 11,717 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 August 2026

Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.