The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

El Salvador, 2024

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Reference ID

SLV_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

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Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Difficulty of emergency funds in 30 days (fin24a)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateEl Salvador

Overview

Valid: 867

Invalid: 133

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 20

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How difficult would it be for you to come up with [insert 1/20 of local GNI per capita] within the next 30 days? Would it be very difficult, somewhat difficult, or not difficult at all?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very difficult	369	42.6%
2	Somewhat difficult	330	38.1%
3	Not difficult at all	160	18.5%
4	Don't know	4	0.5%
5	Refused	4	0.5%
Sysmiss		133

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Fin24 = 1,2,3,4,5, 6

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Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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