⚡ Programming Languages in El Salvador

Programming languages are sets of instructions, syntax, and rules used by developers to create software such as applications and websites.

El Salvador is a Central American country with a population of over 6.3 million people.

According to our research, programming languages are detected on 93.8% of websites from El Salvador.

Statistics based on 550 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top programming languages on websites in El Salvador in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is JavaScript with an impressive share of 97.3%, followed by PHP with 78.5% and C# with 3.7%.

JavaScript 97.3%
PHP 78.5%
C# 3.7%
Ruby 2.5%
Lua 2.3%
Java 1.7%
TypeScript 1.4%
Python 0.6%
CFML 0.6%
Scala 0.4%
Perl 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top languages that are more popular in El Salvador than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

4. Ruby ^(-1)
7. TypeScript ^(-1)
8. Python ^(-2)
9. CFML ^(-2)
11. Perl ^(-2)

✨ Best Programming Languages

Below is a more detailed list of 11 programming languages used on sites from El Salvador, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	JavaScript Austin, Texas, United States An interpreted programming language and a core technology of the web, alongside HTML and CSS, used to add interactivity and logic to websites and web applications.	97.3%
2	PHP A widely used server-side scripting language for building dynamic web applications.	78.5%
3	C# Redmond, Washington, United States A high-level, statically typed, object-oriented programming language developed for the .NET platform.	3.7%
4	Ruby Matsue, Japan An interpreted, object-oriented, open-source programming language designed for simplicity and productivity, commonly used for web development.	2.5%
5	Lua Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.	2.3%
6	Java Austin, Texas, United States A multi-platform, object-oriented programming language first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995, designed to run across different systems through the Java Virtual Machine.	1.7%
7	TypeScript Redmond, Washington, United States A high-level programming language developed by Microsoft that adds optional static typing and advanced language features to JavaScript for building complex applications.	1.4%
8	Python Wilmington, Delaware, United States A high-level, general-purpose programming language that is dynamically typed and widely used for scripting, automation, data analysis, and machine learning.	0.6%
9	CFML San Jose, California, United States A scripting language for web development, usually associated with Adobe ColdFusion.	0.6%
10	Scala Lausanne, Switzerland An object-oriented programming language designed to improve and address the limitations of Java.	0.4%
11	Perl A high-level, scripting, dynamically typed programming language.	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Programming Languages in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 550 websites from El Salvador.
We currently track the presence of 23 programming languages across the web.
Of these, 11 were detected on websites from El Salvador.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.