Reserves in months of imports in El Salvador in 2025 — 2.45 months. Ranked 68 in the world out of 87. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 26.4%.
1976–2025 · months of imports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador
| Year | months | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.45 | +0.35 | +16.74% |
| 2024 | 2.1 | +0.24 | +12.86% |
| 2023 | 1.86 | +0.28 | +17.52% |
| 2022 | 1.58 | −0.79 | −33.24% |
| 2021 | 2.37 | −0.72 | −23.21% |
| 2020 | 3.08 | −0.71 | −18.77% |
| 2019 | 3.8 | +0.74 | +24.26% |
| 2018 | 3.06 | −0.27 | −8.02% |
| 2017 | 3.32 | +0.11 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 3.21 | +0.46 | +16.64% |
| 2015 | 2.75 | +0.1 | +3.85% |
| 2014 | 2.65 | −0.04 | −1.61% |
| 2013 | 2.7 | −0.63 | −19.06% |
| 2012 | 3.33 | +0.58 | +21.13% |
| 2011 | 2.75 | −1.01 | −26.94% |
| 2010 | 3.76 | −0.89 | −19.15% |
| 2009 | 4.65 | +1.56 | +50.59% |
| 2008 | 3.09 | +0.22 | +7.58% |
| 2007 | 2.87 | +0 | +0.12% |
| 2006 | 2.87 | −0.23 | −7.37% |
| 2005 | 3.1 | −0.67 | −17.69% |
| 2004 | 3.76 | −0.43 | −10.34% |
| 2003 | 4.2 | +0.36 | +9.37% |
| 2002 | 3.84 | −0.26 | −6.24% |
| 2001 | 4.09 | −0.58 | −12.48% |
| 2000 | 4.68 | −0.97 | −17.22% |
| 1999 | 5.65 | +0.31 | +5.86% |
| 1998 | 5.34 | +0.63 | +13.44% |
| 1997 | 4.71 | +0.43 | +10.12% |
| 1996 | 4.27 | +0.83 | +23.94% |
| 1995 | 3.45 | −0.3 | −7.89% |
| 1994 | 3.74 | −0.01 | −0.16% |
| 1993 | 3.75 | +0.37 | +10.93% |
| 1992 | 3.38 | +0.3 | +9.72% |
| 1991 | 3.08 | −0.92 | −23.04% |
| 1990 | 4 | +0.87 | +27.79% |
| 1989 | 3.13 | +0.18 | +5.96% |
| 1988 | 2.96 | −0.71 | −19.32% |
| 1987 | 3.66 | +0.46 | +14.32% |
| 1986 | 3.2 | +0.18 | +6.12% |
| 1985 | 3.02 | +0.19 | +6.62% |
| 1984 | 2.83 | −0.48 | −14.36% |
| 1983 | 3.31 | −0.15 | −4.28% |
| 1982 | 3.45 | +0.86 | +33.19% |
| 1981 | 2.59 | −0.96 | −27% |
| 1980 | 3.55 | +0.07 | +1.88% |
| 1979 | 3.49 | −0.04 | −1.16% |
| 1978 | 3.53 | +0.42 | +13.58% |
| 1977 | 3.11 | −0.22 | −6.57% |
| 1976 | 3.33 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The ratio of international reserves to average monthly imports of goods and services. The commonly accepted minimum benchmark of adequacy is three months of imports; below that level a country becomes vulnerable to external shocks and to a halt in the inflow of capital.
Important: The aggregate is weighted by imports: all of the reserves of a group divided by its average monthly imports. Weighting by population or GDP will not do here — imports are precisely what stands in the denominator of the indicator.
Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.
The gold and foreign exchange reserves of a country in US dollars.
Trade Imports of goods and servicesThe value of goods brought in and of services received from non-residents.
Finance Current account balanceThe balance of a country's external transactions as a percent of GDP: surplus or deficit.
Finance Current account balance (World Bank)The current account balance as a percent of GDP from World Bank data.
