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Central AmericaEl Salvador
Capital San Salvador · Median age 27
4 mobility routesPath to citizenshipZero-presence routeTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in El Salvador: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living61
Healthcare59
Safety49
Climate resilience78
4 mobility routes
Check my fitResidency programs
Ways in
Every mobility asset the live catalog holds for this country. Open one for the full requirement detail.
Presence rules
How much time you must spend on the ground
Derived from each program’s stated physical-presence requirement.
Lowest presence requirement
180 days/yrZero-presence route
AvailablePrograms stating presence
2El Salvador Digital Nomad Visa180 days/yr
Rentista Visa245 days/yr
Where to land
City archetypes
Landing-zone comparisons — climate, cost bands, and community.
Not yet sourced
City-level landing guides for El Salvador are not committed to the catalog yet.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
107| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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