🇸🇻 El Salvador: Politics & Democracy
By V-Dem's measure, no — El Salvador scores 0.092 on the 0–1 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range.
Current leaders
Nayib Bukele
Head of State
Democracy trend
Voting alignment
El Salvador's closest UN General Assembly voting partners since 1946:
Frequently asked questions
Is El Salvador a democracy?
By V-Dem's measure, no — El Salvador scores 0.092 on the 0–1 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range. It ranks #147 of 179 countries in 2024.
Is democracy in El Salvador improving or declining?
El Salvador's V-Dem liberal democracy score has declined by 0.378 points over the past decade, standing at 0.092 in 2024 (1-year change: -0.017).
Who leads El Salvador?
Nayib Bukele is El Salvador's head of state.