El Salvador

News coverage about El Salvador accounts for 0.113% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 24.4% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -2.17 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.113%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-24.4%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-2.17
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

El Salvador coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.11% on 2026-08-200.000.250.50May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

El Salvador coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -2.17 on 2026-08-20+100-10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in El Salvador: 36 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-170.005.010.0May 26Jun 3Jun 21Jul 11Jul 24Aug 6Aug 17

Diplomacy (2/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in El Salvador: 84 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 9Jun 23Jul 8Jul 23Aug 6Aug 20

Coercion & force (12/day latest)

Coercive events located in El Salvador: 81 days, latest 12.00 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0May 26Jun 9Jun 25Jul 10Jul 26Aug 10Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to El Salvador, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 2% of the coverage about El Salvador came from outlets based in El Salvador — the rest was written from abroad (2,900 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about El Salvador from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-200.005.010.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about El Salvador produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • San Sebastian (1)
  • La Union (1)
  • Oceano Pacifico (1)
  • Concepcion De Ataco (1)
  • Acajutla (1)
  • Sensuntepeque (1)
  • Citala (1)
  • El Tablon (1)

Places named in coverage about El Salvador on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about El Salvador

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$36.7B
World Bank, 2025
Population
6.4M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
88.2%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.2%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
71,500
within the country
Refugees abroad
68,182
originating from El Salvador
Refugees hosted
182
from other countries
Asylum seekers
328
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by El Salvador-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).