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El Salvador

6.3 million people

El Salvador's DUI is compulsory. A digital DUI and citizen wallet are planned for 2026 but were not yet in production in the sources found, and need legal reforms to be accepted everywhere.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in El Salvador

Program
Documento Único de Identidad; planned Billetera Ciudadana Digital
Status
Being built or piloted
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Not confirmed

The registry (RNPN) scheduled the digital DUI for 2026. Its president said legal reforms are needed for general recognition. The Assembly approved $4.1 million in November 2023, and the registry is seeking a contractor for biometric verification.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
No known work

Dollarized; no known CBDC work.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2023-11Rolling it out

    The Legislative Assembly approved $4.1 million for the digital DUI project. El Mundo ↗

UN and WHO

How El Salvador has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
68.1 · rank 96 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
3

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.