* In 2020, the survey was conducted between October 26 and December 15.
The original question posed was: "In your opinion, which is the most important problem facing the country today?". This statistic shows the share of respondents who answered: "Corruption".
Survey participants were adults of voting age.
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El Salvador: opinion on severity of corruption 2015-2020
In 2020, *** percent of survey respondents in El Salvador thought that corruption was their country's main problem. In comparison to 2018, when *** percent of the people interviewed said corruption was the most serious issue the country faced, the share of Salvadoran respondents who are worried about corruption has decreased.
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Corporación Latinobarómetro. (October 7, 2021). Share of respondents who think corruption is the country's main problem in El Salvador from 2015 to 2020 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/1067318/el-salvador-opinion-corruption-main-problem/
Corporación Latinobarómetro. "Share of respondents who think corruption is the country's main problem in El Salvador from 2015 to 2020." Chart. October 7, 2021. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 23, 2026. /statistics/1067318/el-salvador-opinion-corruption-main-problem/
Corporación Latinobarómetro. (2021). Share of respondents who think corruption is the country's main problem in El Salvador from 2015 to 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2026. /statistics/1067318/el-salvador-opinion-corruption-main-problem/
Corporación Latinobarómetro. "Share of Respondents Who Think Corruption Is The Country's Main Problem in El Salvador from 2015 to 2020." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 7 Oct 2021, /statistics/1067318/el-salvador-opinion-corruption-main-problem/
Corporación Latinobarómetro, Share of respondents who think corruption is the country's main problem in El Salvador from 2015 to 2020 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1067318/el-salvador-opinion-corruption-main-problem/ (last visited July 23, 2026)
Share of respondents who think corruption is the country's main problem in El Salvador from 2015 to 2020 [Graph], Corporación Latinobarómetro, October 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1067318/el-salvador-opinion-corruption-main-problem/
