Imports of goods and services — all countries

Imports of goods and services — El Salvador

Imports of goods and services in El Salvador in 2025 — 20,597,470,000 US$. Ranked 80 in the world out of 138. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 8,045.2%.

2025 20.6B US$ +11.37% vs 2024
World rank 80of 138
Period maximum 20.6B US$2025
Period minimum 253M US$1965

Trend over time

1965–2025 · US$

Imports of goods and services — El Salvador, 1965–2025010B20B30B196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 252,880,000 US$1967: 279,760,000 US$1969: 270,680,000 US$1971: 315,680,000 US$1973: 475,720,000 US$1975: 720,040,000 US$1977: 1,102,320,000 US$1979: 1,286,440,000 US$1981: 1,154,480,000 US$1983: 1,048,723,500 US$1985: 1,135,807,500 US$1987: 1,033,141,700 US$1989: 1,035,800,000 US$1991: 1,603,417,100 US$1993: 2,281,645,100 US$1995: 3,373,053,900 US$1997: 3,836,743,500 US$1999: 4,129,349,000 US$2001: 5,021,277,400 US$2003: 5,603,962,500 US$2005: 6,533,150,000 US$2007: 8,855,300,000 US$2009: 7,413,800,000 US$2011: 10,201,700,000 US$2013: 11,155,200,000 US$2015: 11,033,340,000 US$2017: 11,309,300,000 US$2019: 12,388,470,000 US$2021: 15,411,330,000 US$2023: 17,125,220,000 US$2025: 20,597,470,000 US$
Change over the period: +20.34B (+8,045.16%) Average annual rate: 7.61 %

Comparison, 2025

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

El Salvador 20.6B US$
World 33.73T US$
Central America computed 865B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.62T US$
Imports of goods and services — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 20.6B +2.1B +11.37%
2024 18.49B +1.37B +7.99%
2023 17.13B −807M −4.5%
2022 17.93B +2.52B +16.36%
2021 15.41B +4.96B +47.48%
2020 10.45B −1.94B −15.65%
2019 12.39B +237M +1.95%
2018 12.15B +842M +7.45%
2017 11.31B +578M +5.38%
2016 10.73B −302M −2.74%
2015 11.03B +63.86M +0.58%
2014 10.97B −186M −1.66%
2013 11.16B +659M +6.28%
2012 10.5B +294M +2.88%
2011 10.2B +1.61B +18.69%
2010 8.6B +1.18B +15.93%
2009 7.41B −2.29B −23.57%
2008 9.7B +844M +9.53%
2007 8.86B +1.25B +16.48%
2006 7.6B +1.07B +16.37%
2005 6.53B +511M +8.49%
2004 6.02B +418M +7.46%
2003 5.6B +487M +9.51%
2002 5.12B +95.82M +1.91%
2001 5.02B +85.42M +1.73%
2000 4.94B +807M +19.53%
1999 4.13B +139M +3.48%
1998 3.99B +154M +4%
1997 3.84B +564M +17.23%
1996 3.27B −100M −2.97%
1995 3.37B +668M +24.69%
1994 2.71B +423M +18.56%
1993 2.28B +390M +20.61%
1992 1.89B +288M +17.99%
1991 1.6B +104M +6.95%
1990 1.5B +463M +44.73%
1989 1.04B +102M +10.93%
1988 934M −99.43M −9.62%
1987 1.03B −62.37M −5.69%
1986 1.1B −40.29M −3.55%
1985 1.14B +90.89M +8.7%
1984 1.04B −3.81M −0.36%
1983 1.05B +80.96M +8.37%
1982 968M −187M −16.17%
1981 1.15B −33.68M −2.83%
1980 1.19B −98.28M −7.64%
1979 1.29B +49.96M +4.04%
1978 1.24B +134M +12.17%
1977 1.1B +245M +28.6%
1976 857M +137M +19.05%
1975 720M +39.84M +5.86%
1974 680M +204M +42.98%
1973 476M +120M +33.84%
1972 355M +39.76M +12.6%
1971 316M +37.56M +13.5%
1970 278M +7.44M +2.75%
1969 271M −3M −1.1%
1968 274M −6.08M −2.17%
1967 280M +2.96M +1.07%
1966 277M +23.92M +9.46%
1965 253M

Central America, 2025

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About the indicator

Imports of goods and services in current US dollars — the value of all goods and market services received from the rest of the world. Together with exports it determines the contribution of foreign trade to GDP; the difference between exports and imports is the trade balance.

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