El Salvador

Unreached people groups

An overview of the country's people groups, focusing on those who still have little or no access to the gospel in their own language and culture.

Overview

El Salvador is an ethnically quite homogeneous country, but Joshua Project catalogs seven groups among its inhabitants: the large Salvadoran Mestizo majority, the Pipil people (descendants of the ancient Nahua), the Lenca, as well as small communities of German and American origin and the deaf community, which uses Salvadoran Sign Language. Only one of these groups, the deaf community, is considered unreached by the gospel, representing around 26,000 people without a relevant church in their own language and culture.

In the country i
94,1%Christians
45,2%evangelicals
By population i
0,4%unreached
94%significantly reached
  • 26K Unreached 0,4%
  • 0 Minimally reached 0%
  • 59K Superficially reached 0,9%
  • 291K Partially reached 4,6%
  • 5.9M Significantly reached 94%
By people groups i
7people groups
1unreached · 14,3%
  • 1 Unreached 14,3%
  • 0 Minimally reached 0%
  • 2 Superficially reached 28,6%
  • 2 Partially reached 28,6%
  • 2 Significantly reached 28,6%

Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

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