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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about El Salvador economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of El Salvador best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 3.2 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 27.7 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 57.3 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
3.9% | 3.8% | 1.3% | -3.1% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 1.9% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
1.9% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
0.08% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
0.8% | 1.1% | -0.7% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
*Estimate
2013* | 2014* | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
5.6% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
55.3% | 57.1% | 58.7% | 60.4% | 62% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
-3.7% | -3.4% | -3.2% | -3.5% | -3.9% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B-
Moody': B3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-2.9% (2017 estimate)
26.0% (2015)
0.03% (2015)
0.05% (2015)
Offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron and steel manufactures
Raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
US 47.1%, Honduras 13.9%, Guatemala 13.6%, Nicaragua 6.6%, Costa Rica 4.5% (2015)
US 39.4%, Guatemala 9.6%, China 8.1%, Mexico 7.4%, Honduras 5.7% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 179 million | USD 311 million | USD 429 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 2.9 million | USD 0.1 million | USD -0.1 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 11.7 million | N/A | N/A | USD 5.0 million |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 95 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 129 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 104 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 71 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 44 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 158 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 44 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 166 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 156 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 109 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 80 out of 190 countries
105 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 63 / Score: 65.12 (Moderately free) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010* | 2016* | 2021* |
5.25 million | 5.81 million | 6.04 million | 6.146 million | 6.242 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
38% | 44% | 59% | 67% |
Total population: 88%
Male: 90.4%
Female: 86% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
3.0% (2014)
41.8 (2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 3 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 14.69% Mobile 145.26% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
San Salvador: 160th (2016)