Religion in El Salvador

The Institute of Public Opinion of the University of Central America in May 2017 found 47.5% of the population as Catholics, and 35.1% as Protestant, 14.5% as not having a religion and the remainder (about 3%) being Jehovah's Witnesses, International Society of Krishna Consciousness, Muslims, Jews, Baháʼís, Buddhists, Latter-day Saints, and members of indigenous religions.

[9][10] Mision Cristiana Elim Internacional is a large pentecostal denomination started in El Salvador.

[13] The Baptist Association of El Salvador claims 4,427 members[14] and the Salvadorean Lutheran Synod about 15,000 in 68 congregations.

[15] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Restorationist Christian denomination, claims 130,000 people in 164 congregations as of 2023),[16] or about 2% of the population, and has 1 temple in San Salvador.

Members of the clergy may not hold senior government positions, and are forbidden from joining political parties.