El Salvador

SLVLatin America & Caribbean Upper middle incomeCapital: San Salvador
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78/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
El Salvador in world space2000–2023
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002023
192 countries · log scale on X world El Salvador· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About El Salvador

El Salvador's GDP is $39.84B (2026), with a population of 6.4M, and GDP per capita of $6,196. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.3%, inflation at 2.5%, unemployment at 4.3%, government debt at 84.5% of GDP, life expectancy of 72.3 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Economy30 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$39.84B2026 6.9%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)3.3%2026 10.8%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$6,1962026 6.1%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$95.40B2026 6.3%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$14,8382026 5.5%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.04%2026 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$33.11B2024 4.4%WB
GNI per Capita (USD)$5,1202024 3.4%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$12,4202024 4.5%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)22.4%2024 3.2%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)61.0%2024 0.5%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)4.4%2024 1.6%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)19.2%2024 0.6%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)79.6%2024 0.6%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)20.3%2024 1.6%WB
Gross Savings (% of GNI)18.6%2024 5.3%WB
GDP Deflator (%)1.8%2024 30.1%WB
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$25,9082024 1.3%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)12.0%2024 3.6%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)19.1%2022 0.0%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$3,7112021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)5.6%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-19.1%2024 1.2%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.5%2021WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.54%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$7.94B2024 1.1%WB
Fiscal & Monetary19 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)84.7%2024 3.6%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)32.8%2024 4.3%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)51.9%2024 3.1%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$11.59B2024 9.0%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$18.35B2024 7.7%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$6.45B2024 0.8%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$15.97B2024 2.1%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)2.6%2024 37.5%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.8%2024 711.4%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$923.9M2024 43.7%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$8.49B2024 2.4%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)24.0%2024 1.9%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)5.5%2024 14.5%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-1.8%2024 64.6%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-632.5M2024 72.0%WB
External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)75.4%2024 4.6%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$24.96B2024 9.2%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)35.0%2024 20.6%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$13.10B2024WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$666.2M2024 24.1%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)1.6%2023 33.6%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$498.8M2023 29.7%WB
Finance8 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)262023WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2023 · WB
People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population6.3M2024 0.5%WB
Population Growth (%)0.5%2024 3.0%WB
Population Density (per km²)3052023 0.5%WB
Surface Area (sq km)21,0402023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)20,7202023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)75.1%2024 0.6%WB
Urban Population (total)4.8M2024 1.1%WB
Rural Population (%)24.9%2024 1.8%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth72.1 years2023 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male67.5 years2023 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Female76.3 years2023 0.1%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.82023 0.6%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)15.82023 1.0%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)7.52023 0.8%WB
Net Migration-23,9342025 3.6%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)24.8%2024 1.6%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)67.0%2024 0.4%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)8.1%2024 1.9%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)49.2%2024 1.1%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)12.2%2024 1.5%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)37.0%2024 2.0%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)281.22023 0.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)115.42023 0.5%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force3.0M2025 1.3%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)62.1%2025 0.3%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)49.1%2025 0.2%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)77.3%2025 0.4%WB
Unemployment (%)3.3%2025 1.3%WB
Female Unemployment (%)3.6%2025 1.9%WB
Male Unemployment (%)3.1%2025 4.2%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)7.8%2025 4.0%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)13.9%2025 1.6%WB
Employment in Industry (%)23.1%2025 0.6%WB
Employment in Services (%)63.0%2025 0.6%WB
Self-Employed (%)60.0%2024 3.2%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)30.8%2025 1.1%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)64.3%2025 0.6%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)22.6%2024 1.7%WB
Employers (% of total employment)4.8%2025 0.1%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)42.4%2025 0.2%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)60.1%2025 0.3%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)35.7%2025 1.0%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)20.5%2024 4.6%WB
Education21 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
Health42 indicators · 2017–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)9.3%2023 5.4%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$5012023 0.1%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)5.6%2023 8.1%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)32.5%2023 4.5%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.62023 3.2%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)2.22022 18.1%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)1.22023 0.8%WHO
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)10.42023 3.7%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)4.42023 4.3%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)392023 0.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)9.42023 4.1%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)11.42023 3.4%WHO
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)21.6%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)53.9%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)18.8%2021WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)96.0%2024 3.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)95.0%2024 1.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.152024 7.1%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)1162024 34.9%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)10.0%2021WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)8.3%2021WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)15.9%2022 1.9%WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)1.9%2022 0.0%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)7.62021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)3.12020WHO
Maternal Deaths392023 0.3%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)1162024 34.9%WHO
People Living with HIV21,0002024 0.0%WHO
Malaria Deaths (estimated)02024WHO
Malaria Incidence (per 1K at risk)02024WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)99%2025 4.2%WHO
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)98%2025 2.1%WHO
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)99%2025 4.2%WHO
Physicians (total)162023 3.2%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel222022 10.7%WHO
Dentists (total)13,6862022 11.2%WHO
Pharmacists (total)1602017WHO
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)2.9%2021WHO
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)5.0%2021WHO
Universal Health Coverage Index792023 0.0%WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)1,3582021WHO
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$5012023 0.1%WHO
Energy & Environment16 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB / WHO
Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2023 · WB
Technology13 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
Infrastructure7 indicators · 2003–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried3.3M2023 36.5%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)27.82023 127.5%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)242,3072022 17.7%WB
Rail Lines (total km)5472003WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.702022WB
Electricity from Oil (%)8.2%2022 47.4%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021WB
Gender8 indicators · 2014–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.562023 12.6%WB
Government Effectiveness0.052023 115.7%WB
Political Stability02023 100.7%WB
Regulatory Quality-0.312023 33.5%WB
Rule of Law-0.372023 50.2%WB
Voice & Accountability-0.472023 27.8%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)32.1%2023 17.2%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)53.8%2023 37.3%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)39.2%2023 62.7%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)46.4%2023 33.1%WB
Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.2%2024 11.3%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$425.2M2024 6.5%WB
Armed Forces Personnel42,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.6%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)3.8%2024 11.7%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)7.92022 54.5%WB
Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)4.6%2023 11.5%WB
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)8.6%2023 10.4%WB
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)29.9%2023 8.6%WB
Poverty Headcount, National (%)27.2%2023 2.3%WB
Gini Index39.82023 2.6%WB
Income Share, Top 10%29.7%2023 3.5%WB
Income Share, Bottom 10%1.9%2023 0.0%WB
Income Share, Top 20%45.8%2023 2.2%WB
Income Share, Bottom 20%5.6%2023 0.0%WB
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)3.6%2023WB
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)15.462023WB
Poverty Gap at $2.15/day (%)1.7%2023 15.0%WB
Social Protection8 indicators · 2020–2022 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Social Insurance Coverage (%)6.7%2022 9.8%
Social Assistance Coverage (%)87.7%2022 2.7%
Labor Market Programs Coverage (%)1.7%2022 14.4%
Social Protection Coverage (%)88.8%2022 2.0%
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.552020WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.572020WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.522020WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School7.6 years2020WB
Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
Urban Development7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO

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