Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — El Salvador

Budget balance in El Salvador in 2031 — -1.4%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 188. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.8 pp.

2031 -1.4% +0.4 pp vs 2030
World rank 62of 188
Period maximum -0.2%1995
Period minimum -8.1%2020

Trend over time

1990–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — El Salvador, 1990–2031-10-8-6-4-201990199520002005201020152020202520301990: -0.6%1991: -2.3%1992: -4.3%1993: -1.4%1994: -0.9%1995: -0.2%1996: -2.7%1997: -2%1998: -2.9%1999: -3.1%2000: -3.4%2001: -4.9%2002: -5.5%2003: -4.2%2004: -2.8%2005: -3.5%2006: -3.4%2007: -2.3%2008: -3.8%2009: -6.6%2010: -5%2011: -4.5%2012: -3.8%2013: -4.5%2014: -4%2015: -3.6%2016: -3.1%2017: -2.5%2018: -2.7%2019: -3.1%2020: -8.1%2021: -5.5%2022: -2.7%2023: -4.7%2024: -4.5%2025: -2.8%2026: -2%2027: -1.9%2028: -2.3%2029: -2%2030: -1.8%2031: -1.4%
Change over the period: −0.8 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

El Salvador -1.4%
World computed -4.85%
Latin America & Caribbean computed -3.31%
Central America computed -2.75%
Budget balance — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -1.4 +0.4 pp
2030 -1.8 +0.2 pp
2029 -2 +0.3 pp
2028 -2.3 −0.4 pp
2027 -1.9 +0.1 pp
2026 -2 +0.8 pp
2025 -2.8 +1.7 pp
2024 -4.5 +0.2 pp
2023 -4.7 −2 pp
2022 -2.7 +2.8 pp
2021 -5.5 +2.6 pp
2020 -8.1 −5 pp
2019 -3.1 −0.4 pp
2018 -2.7 −0.2 pp
2017 -2.5 +0.6 pp
2016 -3.1 +0.5 pp
2015 -3.6 +0.4 pp
2014 -4 +0.5 pp
2013 -4.5 −0.7 pp
2012 -3.8 +0.7 pp
2011 -4.5 +0.5 pp
2010 -5 +1.6 pp
2009 -6.6 −2.8 pp
2008 -3.8 −1.5 pp
2007 -2.3 +1.1 pp
2006 -3.4 +0.1 pp
2005 -3.5 −0.7 pp
2004 -2.8 +1.4 pp
2003 -4.2 +1.3 pp
2002 -5.5 −0.6 pp
2001 -4.9 −1.5 pp
2000 -3.4 −0.3 pp
1999 -3.1 −0.2 pp
1998 -2.9 −0.9 pp
1997 -2 +0.7 pp
1996 -2.7 −2.5 pp
1995 -0.2 +0.7 pp
1994 -0.9 +0.5 pp
1993 -1.4 +2.9 pp
1992 -4.3 −2 pp
1991 -2.3 −1.7 pp
1990 -0.6

Central America, 2031

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

About the indicator

Net lending or net borrowing of general government as a percent of GDP — what is commonly called the budget deficit, taken with a plus sign when there is a surplus. General government includes regions, local authorities and extrabudgetary funds, so the quantity is fuller than the balance of the central budget alone. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Important: Negative values are deficits. Accumulated deficits are what government debt is, so the two indicators are worth looking at together: a country can live with a deficit for years and carry a small debt all the same, if its economy grows faster.

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