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El Salvador Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for El Salvador.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $35.36B $33.85B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 2.6% 3.54% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $4,585.23 $4,489.18 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $11,669.08 $11,424.65 Yearly 2024
R&D Expenditure (% GDP) 0.14% 0.16% Yearly 2022
Real GDP $29.06B $28.33B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 0.85% 4.05% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 2.84% 2.99% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 46.7% 46.62% Yearly 2024
Annual Exports $6.45B $6.5B Yearly 2024
Annual Imports $15.97B $15.65B Yearly 2024
Exports (% GDP) 32.76% 31.4% Yearly 2024
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 2.61% 1.9% Yearly 2024
Imports (% GDP) 51.9% 50.32% Yearly 2024
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) -$6.77B -$6.41B Yearly 2024
Tariff Rate 3.09% 3.28% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 84.66% 81.71% Yearly 2024
Interest Rate 5.2% 5.3% Daily Sep 30, 2025
Private Credit (% GDP) 62.49% 61.9% Yearly 2024
Adult Literacy Rate 90% 90% Yearly 2023
Gini Index 39.8 points 38.8 points Yearly 2023
Happiness Index 6.49 points 6.47 points Yearly 2024
Homicide Rate 18.17 21.31 Yearly 2021
Population 6.34M 6.31M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 4.6% 5.2% Yearly 2023
Primary Enrollment Rate 91.05% 89.33% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 57.71% 57.71% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 8.23M tonnes 7.8M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 27.75% 27.96% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -0.56 points -0.64 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index 0 points -0.35 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 9.2 9.5 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 72.1 71.97 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 1.55 2.91 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 98.3% 100% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 67.7% 65.5% Yearly 2023
Travel Earnings $755M $1.66B Yearly 2020
Visitor Arrivals 707,000 2.64M Yearly 2020