The Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador has begun visiting a sample of households to carry out the 2025 National Survey on Financial Inclusion and Education (ENIEF), aiming to generate quantitative evidence on how Salvadorans access and use financial products and services and their level of financial knowledge. The nationwide survey will cover more than 10,500 households and gather statistics on access channels, types of financial products used, and personal-finance knowledge, behaviours and attitudes. Information collected will be treated with a high degree of confidentiality. ENIEF 2025 is the third edition of the exercise, following surveys conducted in 2016 and 2022, to produce comparable data intended to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies on financial inclusion and education. Fieldwork will run from September to October, using duly identified survey teams, with households selected according to the survey’s methodology. The Central Reserve Bank positioned ENIEF 2025 as an input to the ongoing update of the National Financial Inclusion Policy, which it leads as coordinator of the National Council on Financial Inclusion and Education.
Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador 2025-09-26
Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador launches 2025 National Survey on Financial Inclusion and Education covering more than 10,500 households
The Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador has initiated the 2025 National Survey on Financial Inclusion and Education (ENIEF), targeting over 10,500 households to assess access to financial products, services, and literacy. This third edition aims to inform public policy design and evaluation, contributing to updating the National Financial Inclusion Policy. Data collection will occur from September to October, ensuring confidentiality and methodological rigor.