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It examines recent changes and compares El Salvador with other countries in the region, highlighting primary drivers and providing a demographic and geographic profile of people living in poverty. The analysis considers three periods (2000–2009, 2009–2019, and 2019–2023) with special focus on pre- and post-pandemic conditions.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nBackground Note 1  \nPoverty and Inequality in El Salvador: A Snapshot of Current Trends  \nBACKGROUND NOTE  \n1  \nPoverty and Inequality in El Salvador:  \nASnapshot of Current Trends1  \n_  \n1. This note was prepared by Gonzalo Aguilar, Maria Cardenas, Sofia Hidalgo, and Hugo Ñopo. The data provided by the National Office of Statistics and Census (ONEC)/Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (BCR) and harmonized by the SocioEconomic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC) are especially appreciated.  \n1 ~~ ~~  \nBackground Note 1  \nPoverty and Inequality in El Salvador:  \nA Snapshot of Current Trends  \nAbstract  \nThis background note documents trends and the current situation on poverty and inequality in El Salvador. We examine the current trends in poverty and inequality in El Salvador, comparing them with other countries in the region, identifying primary drivers, and offering a demographic and geographic profile of the poor, based on the latest available data. The analysis covers three periods, 2000–2009, 2009–2019, and 2019–2023, focusing on the latest period to assess the pre-and post-pandemic conditions.  \nJEL Classification: I31, I32, D31  \nKeywords: Poverty, Poverty Measurement, Income Inequality  \n~~ ~~ 2  \nBackground Note 1  \nPoverty and Inequality in El Salvador: A Snapshot of Current Trends  \nI.  \nNational overview of poverty and inequality  \nBox 1.1. Measuring poverty in El Salvador  \nIn El Salvador, the extreme poverty rate is defined as the share of the population whose monthly per capita household income is insufficient to purchase a basic food basket that meets their caloric requirements. In 2023, this basket’s value was US$44.47 in rural areas and US$66 .67 in urban areas. Total poverty is calculated as the share of the population whose monthly per capita household income is insufficient to purchase an extended basic consumption basket, which costs double the basic food basket.  \nFor international comparisons, the World Bank uses two international poverty lines (in 2017 Purchasing Power Parity [PPP] dollars per person per day): $2.15 and $6 .85, reflecting the poverty lines for low-income and middle-income countries, respectively. Income is harmonized for all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In El Salvador, the main difference between the harmonized income and that used for national estimates is the inclusion of an ‘imputed rent’component and a 15 percent increase in rural income to account for cost differences between urban and rural areas. International poverty is calculated as the share of the population whose per capita harmonized household income per day falls below these thresholds.  \nIn this report, total and extreme poverty are also referred to as official poverty, while poverty measured using the $2.15 and $6.85 thresholds is termed international poverty. For comparison, in 2023, the daily PPP 2017 equivalent values of the total poverty line were $4.9 and $7.5 for rural and urban areas, respectively, and $2.5 and $3.7 for the extreme poverty line. A key distinction is that the official poverty lines are annually updated to reflect food price changes within the basic food basket, whereas the international poverty lines are expressed in 2017 PPP to account for differences in real prices between countries and adjusted only by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) . This methodological discrepancy can lead to diverging trends between both types of poverty rates as the relative differences between them can vary from year to year.  \nBeyond the monetary concept of poverty, the multidimensional poverty measure acknowledges that poverty affects various aspects of life beyond income, limiting the development of capabilities, and hindering the potential for a fulfilling life. In 2016, El Salvador adopted a multidimensional poverty measure, aligning with global practices. 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