Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
El Salvador's current account (% gdp) stands at -3.54% as of 2025-12-31, down from -2.76% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1976 to 2025 (50 observations).
In 2025, El Salvador's current account (% gdp) was -3.54%, down from -2.76% in 2024.
In 2024, El Salvador's current account (% gdp) was -2.76%, down from -1.74% in 2023.
In 2023, El Salvador's current account (% gdp) was -1.74%, up from -6.73% in 2022.
In 2022, El Salvador's current account (% gdp) was -6.73%, down from -4.31% in 2021.
In 2021, El Salvador's current account (% gdp) was -4.31%, down from 1.11% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -3.54% | -0.7767% |
| 2024 | -2.76% | -1.02% |
| 2023 | -1.74% | +4.98% |
| 2022 | -6.73% | -2.42% |
| 2021 | -4.31% | -5.42% |
| 2020 | 1.11% | +1.53% |
| 2019 | -0.4217% | +2.88% |
| 2018 | -3.3% | -1.44% |
| 2017 | -1.86% | +0.4141% |
| 2016 | -2.27% | +0.9419% |
| 2015 | -3.22% | +2.16% |
| 2014 | -5.37% | +1.53% |
| 2013 | -6.9% | -1.11% |
| 2012 | -5.8% | -0.3162% |
| 2011 | -5.48% | -2.59% |
| 2010 | -2.89% | -1.11% |
| 2009 | -1.77% | +6.74% |
| 2008 | -8.52% | -1.37% |
| 2007 | -7.15% | -2.37% |
| 2006 | -4.78% | -0.5557% |
| 2005 | -4.23% | +0.4477% |
| 2004 | -4.68% | +0.6253% |
| 2003 | -5.3% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | -3.2% | -1.98% |
| 2001 | -1.22% | +2.43% |
| 2000 | -3.65% | -1.53% |
| 1999 | -2.12% | -1.29% |
| 1998 | -0.8292% | +0.1271% |
| 1997 | -0.9564% | +0.807% |
| 1996 | -1.76% | +1.17% |
| 1995 | -2.93% | -2.7% |
| 1994 | -0.2342% | +0.9905% |
| 1993 | -1.22% | +0.6496% |
| 1992 | -1.87% | +1.31% |
| 1991 | -3.19% | -0.0385% |
| 1990 | -3.15% | +1.3% |
| 1989 | -4.45% | -5.06% |
| 1988 | 0.6158% | -2.82% |
| 1987 | 3.43% | +0.3327% |
| 1986 | 3.1% | +3.85% |
| 1985 | -0.7547% | +0.7124% |
| 1984 | -1.47% | -0.6742% |
| 1983 | -0.7928% | +2.74% |
| 1982 | -3.53% | +3.76% |
| 1981 | -7.29% | -8.24% |
| 1980 | 0.9491% | +0.0183% |
| 1979 | 0.9308% | +9.84% |
| 1978 | -8.91% | -10.18% |
| 1977 | 1.27% | +0.2547% |
| 1976 | 1.02% | — |
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El Salvador's current account (% gdp) is -3.54% as of 2025-12-31, compared with -2.76% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 3.43% (1987); the lowest is -8.91% (1978), across data from 1976 to 2025.
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