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Mauricio Funes

Mauricio Funes

Legacy

🇸🇻El Salvador

Rank #340
Score: 37
About Mauricio Funes

Mauricio Funes (1959–2025) was President (2009–2014). A former journalist, he led a centre-left administration focused on social programs and poverty reduction; his later years were clouded by corruption allegations and exile, and he died in Nicaragua in 2025.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
El Salvador HDI ≈ 0.6746/10
Source: UNDP — Human Development country insights (El Salvador) (2022)
GDP per capita
El Salvador GDP per capita (PPP) — modest5/10
Source: World Bank — El Salvador country data (2023)
Gini coefficient
Gini ≈ 39.8 (2023)3/10
Source: World Bank — Gini index (El Salvador) (2023)
Employment rate
Employment-population ratio ≈ 60.1% (ILO 2023)4/5
Source: ILOSTAT — El Salvador country profile (2023)
Freedom index
Freedom House — notes institutional weaknesses and concerns about governance4/10
Source: Freedom House — El Salvador country report (2024)
Corruption index
Transparency Int'l — CPI / country reporting (corruption concerns)3/5
Source: Transparency International — El Salvador (2023)

Derived Criminal Score
Convicted in absentia of corruption / illicit enrichment; lived in exile — legal sentences reported0/20
Source: AP / news & Wikipedia — convictions in absentia (Funes) (2024)