El Salvador Economic Statistics and Indicators

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Economic Indicators For: El Salvador › Change country
National or Regional Currency: US Dollar, US$
Year of data: 2015 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed: 34
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2019
Date of Last Update: 17th March 2015
Population: 6,125,512 (July 2014 est.)
Area: total: 21,041 sq km ; land: 20,721 sq km ; water: 320 sq km
Natural Resources: hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land
Capital: name: San Salvador ; geographic coordinates: 13 42 N, 89 12 W ; time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) ; daylight saving time: none scheduled for 2014

The smallest country in Central America geographically, El Salvador has the fourth largest economy in the region. With the global recession, real GDP contracted in 2009 and economic growth has since remained low, averaging less than 2% from 2010 to 2013. Remittances accounted for 16% of GDP in 2013 and were received by about a third of all households. In 2006, El Salvador was the first country to ratify the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which has bolstered the export of processed foods, sugar, and ethanol, and supported investment in the apparel sector amid increased Asian competition. The Salvadoran Government maintained fiscal discipline during post-war reconstruction and reconstruction following earthquakes in 2001 and hurricanes in 1998 and 2005, but El Salvador's external debt has been growing over the last several years, amounting to some 57% of GDP in 2013. In September 2013, El Salvador was awarded a $277 million second compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) - a United States Government agency aimed at stimulating economic growth and reducing poverty - to improve El Salvador's competitiveness and productivity in international markets.
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 10.05 Billion.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 2.4 %.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 25.766 Billion.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 25.766 Billion.

GDP Deflator for El Salvador in year 2015 is 256.382 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100).

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 1,575.90 .

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 4,040.32 .

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 4,040.32 .

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 52.947 Billion.

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 8,302.54 .

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 0.047 %.

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for El Salvador in year 2015 is 0.487 .

Investment (% of GDP) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 13.854 %.

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 10.648 %.

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 109.373 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100).

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for El Salvador in year 2015 is -0.731 %.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 110.61 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100).

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 1.014 %.

Import Volume of All Items Including Goods and Services (Percent Change) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 5.31 %.

Import Volumes of Goods Only (Percent Change) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 6.299 %.

Export Volume of All Items Including Goods and Services (Percent Change) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 7.916 %.

Export Volumes of Goods Only (Percent Change) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 10.501 %.

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 5.337 %.

Population for El Salvador in year 2015 is 6.377 Million .

General government revenue (National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 4.764 Billions.

General government revenue (% of GDP) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 18.488 %.

General government total expenditure (National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 5.595 Billions.

General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for El Salvador in year 2015 is 21.713 %.

Total Government Net Lending/ Borrowing (National Currency) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ -0.831 Billions.

Total Government Net Lending/ Borrowing (% of GDP) for El Salvador in year 2015 is -3.225 %.

Fiscal Year Gross Domestic Product, Current Prices for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ 25.766 Billions.

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for El Salvador in year 2015 is US$ -0.826 Billion.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for El Salvador in year 2015 is -3.206 %.