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GDP growth in El Salvador

Is that economy growing or stalling?

El Salvador's gdp growth is 3.91 % — #39 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

3.91%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in El Salvador over time

11.90 %2.01 %-7.89 %11.90 % · 2021-7.89 % · 20202000: 1.13 %2001: 0.88 %2002: 1.57 %2003: 1.57 %2004: 0.89 %2005: 2.68 %2006: 4.34 %2007: 1.85 %2008: 2.15 %2009: -2.11 %2010: 2.15 %2011: 3.81 %2012: 2.82 %2013: 2.24 %2014: 1.71 %2015: 2.40 %2016: 2.54 %2017: 2.25 %2018: 2.41 %2019: 2.44 %2020: -7.89 %2021: 11.90 %2022: 2.95 %2023: 3.36 %2024: 2.59 %2025: 3.91 %2000201220253.91 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#39 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
69 %
88 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.32 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.00 pp
peak 11.90 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 2.78 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #7 of 27vs median 2.90 %: +1.00 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %El Salvador: ahead of 69 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthEl Salvador 3.91 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. El Salvador is ahead of 69 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs El Salvador
37 United Arab Emirates3.99 %+0.09 pp
38 Malta3.96 %+0.06 pp
39 El Salvador3.91 %—
40 Andorra3.87 %−0.04 pp
41 Algeria3.82 %−0.09 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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