El Salvador

Latin America and the Caribbean

Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider. Regional average excludes high income countries

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Gender Gap in Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account by gender

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Use of Financial Services

Percent of adults age 15+ in 2017
Source: The Global Findex Database 2017
Country Resources
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018

Publications

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Case study

Proportionality in Practice: Disclosure of Information

Supervisor’s perspectives on the rationale, design and implementation of regulation
Access to Insurance Initiative
MicroInsurance Centre
Paper

Remittance Recipients in El Salvador: A Socioeconomic Profile

Analysis of survey results from over 20,000 households
Keller, L. & Rouse, R.
Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)
Paper

Subsidizing Remittances for Education: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador

Evaluating the effects of donor funds for education on migrant remittances
Ambler, K., Aycinena, D. & Yang, D.
Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA)

News & Events

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News

IFC Helps Banco Agricola Increase Access to Finance, Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic in El Salvador

/ International Finance Corporation (IFC)

El Salvador Receives $173.3 Million Less in Remittances in the First Quarter of 2020

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