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El Salvador Corruption Control

El Salvador's corruption control fell to -0.56 points in 2023, down from -0.64 points in 2022, according to World Bank. This represents a decrease of 12.5% (0.08) from the previous year. El Salvador has corruption control lower than the global median (-0.56 points vs median -0.23 points). Compared with the median in Americas, El Salvador is lower (-0.56 points vs regional median -0.11 points) and ranks 30th out of 41 countries in Americas.

El Salvador's political stability index fell to 0 points in 2023, down from -0.35 points in 2022.

Yearly Historical Data (1996-2023)

(in -2.5 (weak control) to 2.5 (strong control))
Year Corruption Control
2023 -0.56
2022 -0.64
2021 -0.55
2020 -0.58
2019 -0.54
2018 -0.59
2017 -0.53
2016 -0.56
2015 -0.45
2014 -0.38
2013 -0.35
2012 -0.41
2011 -0.25
2010 -0.26
2009 -0.23
2008 -0.41
2007 -0.42
2006 -0.34
2005 -0.51
2004 -0.48
2003 -0.42
2002 -0.81
2000 -0.75
1998 -0.89
1996 -0.87
El Salvador Corruption Control : Definition
Corruption Control is defined as a perception-based index for the reporting year that captures views on public-sector corruption; scale and interpretation depend on the underlying data source for El Salvador.