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Country

El Salvador

Scores
57.2/100
Overall
26.6/100
Governance and accountability
30.0/100
Prevention
75.0/100
Healing
72.6/100
Justice

Americas & the Caribbean

5th

Overall

9th

Governance and accountability

10th

Prevention

2nd

Healing

4th

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Pathfinding Global Alliance

11th

Overall

23rd

Governance and accountability

21st

Prevention

6th

Healing

5th

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Ending Violence Against Children pledging process

14th

Overall

33rd

Governance and accountability

30th

Prevention

6th

Healing

7th

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Background indicators
GDP per capita
5579.66
Level of poverty
26.6
Gini coefficient
39.8
Rule of Law Index
0.43
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
0.36
Women in parliament
31.7
Gender gap in educational attainment
0.99
LGBTQ Equality Index
37.0
Birth registration
99.0
Internet penetration rate
67.66
Lead child protection ministries or agencies
2.0
Child marriage
20.0
Sexual violence
3.0
Online child sexual abuse
18.2
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5th
within Americas & Caribbean
out of 11 countries
5th
in its upper middle income classification
out of 19 countries
1.9
million children in El Salvador
represents 1.3% of the region's total population under the age of 18

For Indicator 3.1 Access to medical care no country scored 100 out of 100. The high-income average is: 52.5. 

El Salvador received a score of 75 out of 100, while the U.S. scored 50 out of 100.

See the data from El Salvador's Violence Against Children and Youth Survey

This country’s score places it in the top third of those assessed in the Index

This high-ranking indicates ongoing and significant effort in establishing laws, policies, services, and accountability mechanisms to prevent and respond to sexual violence against children and adolescents. This country proves that strong systems and political commitment can drive meaningful impact.

Ongoing commitments in prevention, survivor-centered healing, and justice reform will be critical to sustain progress and ensure that protections reach every child.

The scoring provides a roadmap for further action. 

The Index evaluates countries against 23 indicators covering the foundational laws, policies, programs, and services governments should have in place to end sexual violence against children and adolescents. 

By using these indicators as a step-by-step guide, countries can make meaningful progress toward eliminating sexual violence in their country and improving their ranking in the next Index cycle.

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Third Richest Nation

www.bravemovement.org/campaigns/third-richest-nation

A world without childhood violence would be $7 trillion richer. This nation isn’t real. Its wealth could be. Brave Movement's survivor-led advocacy campaign at the G20 in 2025 pressured decision makers to invest in prevention, healing and justice to create stronger, happier nations.

#BeBrave G7 Scorecard 2025

www.bravemovement.org/g7

By evaluating each G7 nation’s progress on vital policy measures we're drawing global attention to the global, silent pandemic of sexual violence against children. This is a crisis that undermines the G7's commitment to building secure, prosperous, and equitable societies. Kids need bold leadership and decisive action now to be safe and thrive.

Break the record

www.togetherforgirls.org/en/press/a-record-breaking-event-now-governments-must-deliver

We broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most countries represented at a childhood violence summit! With 120 governments attending, this first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was the largest organized event to address this issue on a global scale. Most importantly, as a result, we also broke the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence.