Is El Salvador a good place to live for remote workers?

El Salvador scores 62/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 152.9 Mbps, safety 53, healthcare 79, air quality 56; English not scored) — rank 84 of 167.

How fast is the internet in El Salvador?

Median fixed broadband is around 152.9 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in El Salvador?

Single-person essentials run about $840/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.6× essentials).

Livability · rank 84/167

Is 🇸🇻 El Salvador (San Salvador) a good place to live?

Quality score 62/100 against essentials of $840/month.

The five metrics

Internet 61 152.9 Mbps median broadband, 66.5% online

Safety 53 7.9 homicides/100k (2022)

Healthcare 79 UHC service coverage 79/100 (2023)

Air quality 56 PM2.5 25 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: weak; World Bank WGI estimate -0.71 · corruption control -0.58 · stability 0.01 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $25 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $14/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($840)	Verdict
$2,000	2.4×	very comfortable
$3,000	3.6×	like royalty
$5,000	6.0×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇪🇨 Ecuador — quality 63.5, essentials $842/mo
🇰🇭 Cambodia — quality 50.4, essentials $692/mo
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — quality 61.1, essentials $809/mo
🇲🇳 Mongolia — quality 49.8, essentials $657/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is El Salvador a good place to live for remote workers?: El Salvador scores 62/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 152.9 Mbps, safety 53, healthcare 79, air quality 56; English not scored) — rank 84 of 167.
How fast is the internet in El Salvador?: Median fixed broadband is around 152.9 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in El Salvador?: Single-person essentials run about $840/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.6× essentials).