The Central Reserve Bank (BCR) published the 2025 Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM), which records that 1.5 million Salvadorans lived in poverty during that year. “In 2025, at the national level, 22.5% of households are in poverty, with 24.8% in rural areas and...
The Salvadoran government added another $293.7 million to the total debt in the first two months of the year, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). As of February, total debt stands at $34,100.8 million, up from the $33,807.1 million it closed at in...
The recent publication of the Multi-Purpose Household Survey (EHPM) conducted during 2025 by the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (ONEC) offers clues about the different economic characteristics of the Salvadoran population, including wages. In figures, the...
In 2025, a total of 147,730 Salvadorans were unemployed, representing an increase of 7,110 people compared to 2024, equivalent to 5.1% growth, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank. The number of employed people, meanwhile, totaled 2,981,130, representing an...
El Salvador received a total of $474.8 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2025, a figure 37.1% lower than the one recorded in 2024, when the country brought in $755.7 million. This is the lowest annual figure since 2022, when the country managed to attract...
Today, as always throughout the ages, the “crucified of the earth” have a name, a face, and a history. They are the broken lives that prop up the comfort of the wealthy world. Lives that bear the weight of illegitimate wars, borders bristling with walls...
