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Current account balance — El Salvador

Current account balance in El Salvador in 2031 — -1.3%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 188. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 6.5 pp.

2031 -1.3% +0 pp vs 2030
World rank 82of 188
Period maximum 5.7%1987
Period minimum -8.5%2008

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — El Salvador, 1980–2031-10-5051019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: 5.2%1981: -3.5%1982: -1.5%1983: 1.9%1984: -1.7%1985: -1.2%1986: 5%1987: 5.7%1988: 0.9%1989: -6.1%1990: -3.1%1991: -3.2%1992: -1.9%1993: -1.2%1994: -0.2%1995: -2.9%1996: -1.8%1997: -1%1998: -0.8%1999: -2.1%2000: -3.7%2001: -1.2%2002: -3.2%2003: -5.3%2004: -4.7%2005: -4.2%2006: -4.8%2007: -7.2%2008: -8.5%2009: -1.8%2010: -2.9%2011: -5.5%2012: -5.8%2013: -6.9%2014: -5.4%2015: -3.2%2016: -2.3%2017: -1.9%2018: -3.3%2019: -0.4%2020: 1.1%2021: -4.3%2022: -6.7%2023: -1.1%2024: -1.8%2025: -3.9%2026: -3.3%2027: -1.9%2028: -1.3%2029: -1.3%2030: -1.3%2031: -1.3%
Change over the period: −6.5 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

El Salvador -1.3%
World computed 0.28%
Latin America & Caribbean computed -1.17%
Central America computed -0.85%
Lower-middle-income countries computed -1.75%
Current account balance — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -1.3 +0 pp
2030 -1.3 +0 pp
2029 -1.3 +0 pp
2028 -1.3 +0.6 pp
2027 -1.9 +1.4 pp
2026 -3.3 +0.6 pp
2025 -3.9 −2.1 pp
2024 -1.8 −0.7 pp
2023 -1.1 +5.6 pp
2022 -6.7 −2.4 pp
2021 -4.3 −5.4 pp
2020 1.1 +1.5 pp
2019 -0.4 +2.9 pp
2018 -3.3 −1.4 pp
2017 -1.9 +0.4 pp
2016 -2.3 +0.9 pp
2015 -3.2 +2.2 pp
2014 -5.4 +1.5 pp
2013 -6.9 −1.1 pp
2012 -5.8 −0.3 pp
2011 -5.5 −2.6 pp
2010 -2.9 −1.1 pp
2009 -1.8 +6.7 pp
2008 -8.5 −1.3 pp
2007 -7.2 −2.4 pp
2006 -4.8 −0.6 pp
2005 -4.2 +0.5 pp
2004 -4.7 +0.6 pp
2003 -5.3 −2.1 pp
2002 -3.2 −2 pp
2001 -1.2 +2.5 pp
2000 -3.7 −1.6 pp
1999 -2.1 −1.3 pp
1998 -0.8 +0.2 pp
1997 -1 +0.8 pp
1996 -1.8 +1.1 pp
1995 -2.9 −2.7 pp
1994 -0.2 +1 pp
1993 -1.2 +0.7 pp
1992 -1.9 +1.3 pp
1991 -3.2 −0.1 pp
1990 -3.1 +3 pp
1989 -6.1 −7 pp
1988 0.9 −4.8 pp
1987 5.7 +0.7 pp
1986 5 +6.2 pp
1985 -1.2 +0.5 pp
1984 -1.7 −3.6 pp
1983 1.9 +3.4 pp
1982 -1.5 +2 pp
1981 -3.5 −8.7 pp
1980 5.2 —

Central America, 2031

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

NI Nicaragua -0.1 GT Guatemala -0.6 MX Mexico -0.7 CR Costa Rica -1.3 SV El Salvador -1.3 PA Panama -2.5 BZ Belize -3.2 HN Honduras -3.7
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About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP: trade in goods and services, primary income (interest, dividends, compensation of employees) and secondary income (transfers). A surplus means a country earns more abroad than it spends and is building up external assets; a persistent deficit has to be financed by an inflow of capital.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.

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