Global vaccination coverage in El Salvador
El Salvador: Global vaccination coverage was 99 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Global vaccination coverage in El Salvador, 1999–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 99 for global vaccination coverage in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global vaccination coverage in El Salvador peaked at 99 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1999.
El Salvador ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Global vaccination coverage in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | — |
| 2000 | 99 | +9800.0% |
| 2001 | 75 | -24.2% |
| 2002 | 81 | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 94 | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 90 | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 89 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 96 | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 99 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 98 | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 91 | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 89 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 89 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 92 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 92 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 94 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 94 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98 | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 92 | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 89 | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 96 | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 89 | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 97 | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 95 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 96 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 95 | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 99 | +4.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 99 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 99 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 86, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Global vaccination coverage in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +9800.0% | 1 | 99 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 91.2 | 75 | 99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.5 | 89 | 98 | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.17 | 89 | 99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99 compare
- 1 Bhutan 99 compare
- 1 Brunei 99 compare
- 1 Cuba 99 compare
- 1 Ghana 99 compare
- 1 Guyana 99 compare
- 1 Latvia 99 compare
- 1 Maldives 99 compare
- 1 Malta 99 compare
- 1 Monaco 99 compare
- 1 North Korea 99 compare
- 1 Oman 99 compare
- 1 Palestine 99 compare
- 1 Portugal 99 compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 compare
- 1 Tuvalu 99 compare
More health data for El Salvador
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4574 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 104 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.9135 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0374 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.8849 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0392 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global vaccination coverage in El Salvador?
- Global vaccination coverage in El Salvador was 99 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global vaccination coverage recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 99 in 2000.
- What is the lowest global vaccination coverage recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1999.
- How does El Salvador rank for global vaccination coverage?
- El Salvador ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is global vaccination coverage rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Global vaccination coverage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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