El Salvador exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for El Salvador in Caribbean Central America, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 200.2K | 0.0M | $32.3B | 8.03% | 0.00% | 14.50% |
| IND | 1.7K | 0.0M | $6.0B | 0.07% | 0.00% | 2.68% |
| RES | 2,291.2K | 6.4M | $184.6B | 91.90% | 100.00% | 82.82% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in El Salvador.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in El Salvador.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for El Salvador.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| San Salvador | 464.0K | 1,731.1K | $46.9B | 18.61% | 27.20% | 21.04% |
| La Libertad | 295.3K | 812.7K | $30.9B | 11.85% | 12.77% | 13.88% |
| Santa Ana | 274.7K | 557.2K | $22.3B | 11.02% | 8.75% | 10.00% |
| San Miguel | 224.0K | 471.4K | $21.3B | 8.98% | 7.40% | 9.54% |
| Sonsonate | 207.3K | 517.4K | $16.5B | 8.31% | 8.13% | 7.38% |
| Usulután | 154.5K | 352.1K | $13.7B | 6.20% | 5.53% | 6.15% |
| La Paz | 142.9K | 367.2K | $12.1B | 5.73% | 5.77% | 5.42% |
| La Unión | 122.7K | 224.4K | $11.1B | 4.92% | 3.52% | 5.00% |
| Ahuachapán | 155.8K | 356.8K | $11.1B | 6.25% | 5.60% | 4.97% |
| Chalatenango | 100.5K | 178.6K | $8.8B | 4.03% | 2.81% | 3.95% |
| Cuscatlán | 111.7K | 270.4K | $7.7B | 4.48% | 4.25% | 3.46% |
| Morazán | 84.2K | 198.3K | $7.2B | 3.38% | 3.12% | 3.22% |
| Cabañas | 70.6K | 153.7K | $6.9B | 2.83% | 2.41% | 3.08% |
| San Vicente | 85.0K | 174.3K | $6.5B | 3.41% | 2.74% | 2.91% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in El Salvador.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 599,426 | 1,523,619 | $46,479.8M | 24.04% | 23.94% | 20.85% |
| MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 391,963 | 847,327 | $24,041.5M | 15.72% | 13.31% | 10.79% | |
| MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 278,114 | 727,642 | $21,600.9M | 11.16% | 11.43% | 9.69% | |
| MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 174,876 | 452,235 | $14,040.2M | 7.01% | 7.10% | 6.30% | |
| MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 150,308 | 382,002 | $11,675.1M | 6.03% | 6.00% | 5.24% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 27,892 | 201,597 | $7,752.4M | 1.12% | 3.17% | 3.48% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 21,114 | 158,718 | $6,751.5M | 0.85% | 2.49% | 3.03% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:5-8/RES | RES | 5,468 | 194,903 | $6,288.7M | 0.22% | 3.06% | 2.82% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 106,763 | 237,232 | $6,266.9M | 4.28% | 3.73% | 2.81% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:5-8/RES | RES | 7,956 | 268,071 | $6,172.7M | 0.32% | 4.21% | 2.77% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 98,058 | 212,057 | $6,015.6M | 3.93% | 3.33% | 2.70% |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 49,048 | 144,766 | $5,016.2M | 1.97% | 2.27% | 2.25% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 51,449 | 155,296 | $4,589.0M | 2.06% | 2.44% | 2.06% |
| MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 38,247 | 0 | $4,244.0M | 1.53% | 0.00% | 1.90% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 37,875 | 115,165 | $4,238.1M | 1.52% | 1.81% | 1.90% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 69,822 | 154,296 | $4,169.6M | 2.80% | 2.42% | 1.87% |
| MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 37,534 | 0 | $3,814.0M | 1.51% | 0.00% | 1.71% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4/COM | COM | 3,619 | 0 | $2,962.5M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 1.33% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 28,562 | 88,809 | $2,794.7M | 1.15% | 1.40% | 1.25% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:5-8/COM | COM | 1,062 | 0 | $2,611.4M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 1.17% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 18,730 | 0 | $2,228.0M | 0.75% | 0.00% | 1.00% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 6,123 | 0 | $2,167.1M | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.97% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 81,686 | 172,839 | $2,031.7M | 3.28% | 2.72% | 0.91% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:5-8/COM | COM | 738 | 0 | $1,822.8M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.82% |
| CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4/COM | COM | 2,092 | 0 | $1,797.5M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.81% | |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 17,730 | 54,330 | $1,786.6M | 0.71% | 0.85% | 0.80% |
| MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 22,372 | 0 | $1,365.3M | 0.90% | 0.00% | 0.61% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:5-8/IND | IND | 83 | 0 | $1,274.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.57% |
| S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 13,489 | 0 | $1,235.8M | 0.54% | 0.00% | 0.55% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 3,504 | 0 | $1,168.0M | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.52% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 12,836 | 38,859 | $1,127.7M | 0.51% | 0.61% | 0.51% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:5-8/IND | IND | 84 | 0 | $1,042.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.47% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 9,426 | 0 | $1,034.1M | 0.38% | 0.00% | 0.46% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:4/IND | IND | 186 | 0 | $1,014.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.46% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 4,409 | 0 | $891.9M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.40% |
| MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 3,826 | 0 | $805.8M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.36% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4/IND | IND | 150 | 0 | $768.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.34% |
| S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/IND | IND | 442 | 0 | $765.9M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.34% | |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:8-20/COM | COM | 57 | 0 | $693.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.31% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:8-20/RES | RES | 72 | 2,785 | $622.5M | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.28% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 10,598 | 0 | $570.7M | 0.43% | 0.00% | 0.26% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 490 | 0 | $543.1M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.24% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 2,060 | 0 | $517.3M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.23% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 2,292 | 0 | $413.4M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.19% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 17,191 | 46,152 | $391.3M | 0.69% | 0.73% | 0.18% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/IND | IND | 188 | 0 | $364.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 6,133 | 0 | $348.2M | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 5,564 | 0 | $340.3M | 0.22% | 0.00% | 0.15% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 5,708 | 0 | $310.9M | 0.23% | 0.00% | 0.14% |
| OT | MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 37,255 | 102,616 | $274.6M | 1.49% | 1.61% | 0.12% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:4/COM | COM | 533 | 0 | $206.1M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CLBRS/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 1,004 | 0 | $201.3M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:5-8/COM | COM | 210 | 0 | $162.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 75 | 0 | $147.9M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.07% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:8-20/RES | RES | 28 | 1,157 | $133.8M | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.06% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 14,739 | 46,512 | $110.2M | 0.59% | 0.73% | 0.05% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4/COM | COM | 301 | 0 | $106.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/HAPP:25/COM | COM | 5 | 0 | $86.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:5-8/COM | COM | 110 | 0 | $83.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/HAPP:25/RES | RES | 4 | 448 | $82.4M | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.04% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 412 | 0 | $79.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| W | W+WLI/LFM/CDL+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 3,277 | 7,318 | $48.5M | 0.13% | 0.11% | 0.02% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:8-20/COM | COM | 3 | 0 | $47.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 4,825 | 16,985 | $35.7M | 0.19% | 0.27% | 0.02% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:8-20/IND | IND | 1 | 0 | $33.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| W | W+WLI/LFM/CDL+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 2,038 | 5,232 | $31.4M | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.01% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 791 | 6,537 | $15.9M | 0.03% | 0.10% | 0.01% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:8-20/IND | IND | 1 | 0 | $9.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:8-20/COM | COM | 4 | 0 | $6.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |