General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
Statutory and effective corporate tax rates, treatment of depreciation, and international competitiveness.
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
Financial-sector regulation — banking separation, capital requirements, cross-border activity rules, derivatives oversight.
Product-market regulation, entry barriers, licensing burdens, network-industry regulation, price controls.
Independence of the judiciary from executive and legislative encroachment. Specifically captures court-packing, selective prosecution, judicial reshuffles.
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
| Year | Movement |
|---|---|
| 2014–2019 | Sánchez Cerén FMLN second government (El Salvador) elsalvador_sanchez_ceren_fmln_2014_2019 |
| 2019–2024 | Bukele first-term Nuevas Ideas consolidation (El Salvador) elsalvador_bukele_first_term_2019_2024 |
| 2024 | Bukele second-term Nuevas Ideas consolidation (El Salvador) elsalvador_bukele_second_term_2024_present |