Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — El Salvador

Gross national savings in El Salvador in 2025 — 22.8%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 73. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 3.8 pp.

2025 22.8% +5.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 43of 73
Period maximum 24.7%1977
Period minimum 7%1981

Trend over time

1976–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — El Salvador, 1976–20250102030197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: 18.9%1977: 24.7%1978: 17%1979: 18.6%1980: 13.9%1981: 7%1982: 10.9%1983: 11.1%1984: 11%1985: 10%1986: 16.3%1987: 16.5%1988: 15.7%1989: 16.5%1990: 11.6%1991: 12.6%1992: 16.9%1993: 18.1%1994: 20.6%1995: 19.5%1996: 14.5%1997: 15.3%1998: 19%1999: 16.6%2000: 15.7%2001: 18.4%2002: 15.6%2003: 14.8%2004: 15.5%2005: 16.7%2006: 17.5%2007: 13.6%2008: 11.7%2009: 12.3%2010: 13.8%2011: 12.3%2012: 11.9%2013: 10.1%2014: 11.6%2015: 12.3%2016: 13.7%2017: 15%2018: 15.6%2019: 18.2%2020: 18.3%2021: 19.3%2022: 19.1%2023: 17.3%2024: 17.4%2025: 22.8%
Change over the period: +3.8 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 22.8%
Gross national savings — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.8 +5.4 pp
2024 17.4 +0.1 pp
2023 17.3 −1.8 pp
2022 19.1 −0.3 pp
2021 19.3 +1 pp
2020 18.3 +0.1 pp
2019 18.2 +2.6 pp
2018 15.6 +0.6 pp
2017 15 +1.3 pp
2016 13.7 +1.4 pp
2015 12.3 +0.7 pp
2014 11.6 +1.5 pp
2013 10.1 −1.8 pp
2012 11.9 −0.4 pp
2011 12.3 −1.5 pp
2010 13.8 +1.5 pp
2009 12.3 +0.6 pp
2008 11.7 −2 pp
2007 13.6 −3.8 pp
2006 17.5 +0.7 pp
2005 16.7 +1.3 pp
2004 15.5 +0.6 pp
2003 14.8 −0.8 pp
2002 15.6 −2.8 pp
2001 18.4 +2.7 pp
2000 15.7 −0.9 pp
1999 16.6 −2.4 pp
1998 19 +3.7 pp
1997 15.3 +0.8 pp
1996 14.5 −5 pp
1995 19.5 −1.1 pp
1994 20.6 +2.5 pp
1993 18.1 +1.2 pp
1992 16.9 +4.3 pp
1991 12.6 +1.1 pp
1990 11.6 −5 pp
1989 16.5 +0.8 pp
1988 15.7 −0.8 pp
1987 16.5 +0.2 pp
1986 16.3 +6.4 pp
1985 10 −1 pp
1984 11 −0.2 pp
1983 11.1 +0.2 pp
1982 10.9 +3.9 pp
1981 7 −6.9 pp
1980 13.9 −4.6 pp
1979 18.6 +1.6 pp
1978 17 −7.7 pp
1977 24.7 +5.8 pp
1976 18.9

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Gross national savings as a percent of GDP — what is left of national income after all consumption, private and public. Savings and capital formation differ by the balance of external transactions: a country that saves more than it invests at home exports capital, and one that invests more than it saves imports it. Hence the stable link with the current account balance, which is exactly what this indicator makes visible.

Important: The difference between savings and capital formation is approximately equal to the current account balance — that is an identity of the national accounts, not a coincidence.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.