Political liberties in El Salvador
El Salvador: Political liberties was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0
World rank
80th
of 198 countries
All-time high
1
in 2010
All-time low
0
in 1838
Years of data
188
1838–2025
Political liberties in El Salvador, 1838–2025
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, political liberties in El Salvador stood at 0. That is the lowest value across all 188 years on record.
Over the whole period, political liberties in El Salvador peaked at 1 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1838.
El Salvador ranks 80th of 198 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.
Political liberties 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
- 80 Afghanistan 0
- 80 Albania 0
- 80 Algeria 0
- 80 Angola 0
- 80 Armenia 0
- 80 Azerbaijan 0
- 80 Bahrain 0
- 80 Bangladesh 0
- 80 Belarus 0
- 80 Benin 0 compare
- 80 Bhutan 0
- 80 Bolivia 0 compare
- 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
- 80 Botswana 0 compare
- 80 Brunei 0
- 80 Burkina Faso 0
- 80 Burundi 0
- 80 Cambodia 0
- 80 Cameroon 0
- 80 Central African Republic 0
- 80 Chad 0
- 80 China 0
- 80 Colombia 0
- 80 Comoros 0
- 80 Congo 0
- 80 Cote d'Ivoire 0
- 80 Cuba 0
- 80 Democratic Republic of Congo 0
- 80 Djibouti 0
- 80 East Timor 0
- 80 Ecuador 0
- 80 Egypt 0
- 80 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 80 Eritrea 0
- 80 Eswatini 0
- 80 Ethiopia 0
- 80 Gabon 0
- 80 Gambia 0
- 80 Georgia 0
- 80 Guatemala 0
- 80 Guinea 0
- 80 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 80 Haiti 0
- 80 Honduras 0 compare
- 80 Hungary 0 compare
- 80 India 0 compare
- 80 Indonesia 0
- 80 Iran 0
- 80 Iraq 0
- 80 Israel 0
- 80 Jordan 0
- 80 Kazakhstan 0
- 80 Kenya 0
- 80 Kuwait 0
- 80 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 80 Laos 0
- 80 Lebanon 0
- 80 Lesotho 0
- 80 Liberia 0
- 80 Libya 0
- 80 Madagascar 0
- 80 Malawi 0
- 80 Malaysia 0
- 80 Maldives 0
- 80 Mali 0
- 80 Mauritania 0
- 80 Mexico 0
- 80 Moldova 0
- 80 Montenegro 0
- 80 Morocco 0
- 80 Mozambique 0
- 80 Myanmar 0
- 80 Nepal 0
- 80 Nicaragua 0
- 80 Niger 0
- 80 Nigeria 0
- 80 North Korea 0
- 80 North Macedonia 0
- 80 Oman 0
- 80 Pakistan 0
- 80 Palestine 0
- 80 Paraguay 0
- 80 Peru 0 compare
- 80 Philippines 0 compare
- 80 Qatar 0
- 80 Russia 0
- 80 Rwanda 0
- 80 Saudi Arabia 0
- 80 Senegal 0 compare
- 80 Serbia 0
- 80 Sierra Leone 0
- 80 Singapore 0
- 80 Slovakia 0 compare
- 80 Solomon Islands 0 compare
- 80 Somalia 0
- 80 South Sudan 0
- 80 Sri Lanka 0 compare
- 80 Sudan 0
- 80 Syria 0
- 80 Tajikistan 0
- 80 Tanzania 0
- 80 Thailand 0
- 80 Togo 0
- 80 Tunisia 0
- 80 Turkey 0
- 80 Turkmenistan 0
- 80 USSR 0
- 80 Uganda 0
- 80 Ukraine 0
- 80 United Arab Emirates 0
- 80 Uzbekistan 0
- 80 Vatican 0
- 80 Venezuela 0 compare
- 80 Vietnam 0
- 80 Western Sahara 0
- 80 Yemen 0
- 80 Zambia 0
- 80 Zimbabwe 0
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political liberties in El Salvador?
- Political liberties in El Salvador was 0 in 2025, according to Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political liberties recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2010.
- What is the lowest political liberties recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1838.
- How does El Salvador rank for political liberties?
- El Salvador ranks 80th 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 Political liberties. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Indicates whether the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association are respected.