Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's in El Salvador
El Salvador: Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.9973 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's in El Salvador, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.9973 for recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's in El Salvador peaked at 1 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.6634, in 2002.
El Salvador ranks 3rd of 59 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.6634 | — |
| 2003 | 1 | +50.7% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9864 | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9935 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9969 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9936 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9941 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9956 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9967 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9939 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9733 | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9969 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.997 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8243 | -17.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | +21.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9973 | -0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.9973 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6295, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +50.7% | 0.6634 | 1 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.94 | 0.6634 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9765 | 0.8243 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9973 | 0.9973 | 0.9973 | 1 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 1 Afghanistan 1 compare
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- 4 Malta 0.9822 compare
- 5 Azerbaijan 0.9581 compare
- 6 Hungary 0.8765 compare
More public sector data for El Salvador
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's in El Salvador?
- Recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's in El Salvador was 0.9973 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2003.
- What is the lowest recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6634 in 2002.
- How does El Salvador rank for recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's?
- El Salvador ranks 3rd out of 59 countries with data for 2020.
- Is recreation, culture and religion, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.