El Salvador – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

SLV

Country

El Salvador

Score

37.27

Rank

94

Technology

29.65

People

27.08

Governance

40.55

Impact

51.78

1. Mobile tariffs	39.95	99
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	43.74	69
3. Households with internet acccess	11.51	111
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	68	90
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	1.06	106
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	74.08	22
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	35.77	51

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	51.39	80
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	3.44	25

1. Availability of latest technologies	37.24	93
2. Company investment in emerging technology	12.04	112
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	14.94	115
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	0	80
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	0	97
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	24.23	79
2. High-tech exports	11.61	68
3. PCT patent applications	0.01	85
4. Labour productivity per employee	n/a	n/a

1. Happiness	67.05	37
2. Freedom to make life choices	77.48	45
3. Income inequality	65.79	65
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	60.81	74

1. Access to basic services	89.99	74
2. Pollution	80.03	75
3. Road safety	39.06	91
4. Reading proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Maths proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	93.33	73

1. Internet users	26.73	102
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	20.41	88
3. Use of virtual social networks	58.42	49
5. Tertiary enrolment	20.45	81
5. Adult literacy rate	82.18	64
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	31.02	78
2. Internet shopping	3.91	97
3. Professionals	16.29	86
4. Technicians and associate professionals	17.64	92
5. Extent of staff training	25.01	104
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	1.48	68

1. Government online services	58.46	87
2. Publication and use of open data	13.88	81
3.ICT use and government efficiency	15.73	105
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	6.81	92

1. Rule of law	34.52	108
2. Software piracy rate	12.16	83
3. Secure Internet servers	38.41	99
4. Cybersecurity	11.51	117
5. Online trust and safety	41.86	75

1. Regulatory quality	50.56	70
2. Ease of doing business	61.94	83
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	23.83	106
4. E-commerce legislation	50	100
5. Social safety net protection	16.37	112
6. ICT regulatory environment	72.4	89

1. E-Participation	60.51	79
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	41	100
3. Availability of local online content	33.24	94
4. Gender gap in internet use	54.81	67
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	50.94	94