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El Salvador

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Violence in the news: 9 reports in the week to Oct 18, 2026 · ×1.1 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    –

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    –

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    6.4 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    375 000

  • Confirmed outages, places, 24 h

    1

  • Refugees who fled

    176 471

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

El Salvador, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
0.4 M
2026-09
Share in food crisis
6%
2026-09
Undernourishment
5.3%
2024
Refugees who fled
176,471
2025
Refugees hosted
510
2025
Internally displaced
71,500
2025
Sanctions designations
44
2026-10-19
GDP per person
$5,767
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET – IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: El Salvador: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in San Salvador

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Mon, Oct 1921…3025.9 mm31 km/h
Tue, Oct 2021…2922.1 mm28 km/hthunderstorm
Wed, Oct 2121…295.2 mm25 km/h
Thu, Oct 2221…282.5 mm23 km/h
Fri, Oct 2321…281.5 mm23 km/h
Sat, Oct 2420…290.0 mm26 km/h
Sun, Oct 2519…290.0 mm33 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets5

ItemPriceUSDYear
Maize (white) / Libra0.35 USD0.35 –
Rice / Libra0.55 USD0.55 –
Sorghum / Libra0.47 USD0.47 –
Beans (red) / Libra0.94 USD0.94 –
Beans (silk red) / Libra0.99 USD0.99 –

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-09); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20001

012000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: 02025: 020252026: Droughts 12026

Droughts

  • Drought in The Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador · Apr 21, 2026 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 884209 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)

Next elections1

  • February 28, 2027 – President, Legislative Assembly

Wikipedia – national electoral calendar (CC BY-SA)