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Government debt in El Salvador

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El Salvador's government debt is 87.60 % — #101 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

87.60%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.9 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in El Salvador over time

95.40 %60.55 %25.70 %95.40 % · 202025.70 % · 19981991: 43.30 %1992: 36.40 %1993: 31.90 %1994: 30.50 %1995: 28.00 %1996: 28.50 %1997: 27.80 %1998: 25.70 %1999: 28.00 %2000: 29.60 %2001: 37.80 %2002: 43.80 %2003: 46.00 %2004: 46.80 %2005: 46.30 %2006: 52.60 %2007: 52.20 %2008: 54.20 %2009: 65.80 %2010: 66.80 %2011: 65.60 %2012: 70.00 %2013: 69.70 %2014: 71.80 %2015: 73.50 %2016: 75.20 %2017: 77.10 %2018: 77.00 %2019: 77.90 %2020: 95.40 %2021: 88.00 %2022: 83.70 %2023: 83.90 %2024: 87.70 %2025: 87.60 %19912008202587.60 %
35 official observations, 1991 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#101 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
19 %
24 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
7.80 pp
peak 95.40 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 44.30 pp
since 1991

In Americas: #21 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +32.90 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %El Salvador: ahead of 19 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtEl Salvador 87.60 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. El Salvador is ahead of 19 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs El Salvador
99 Egypt86.80 %−0.80 pp
100 Mauritius86.80 %−0.80 pp
101 El Salvador87.60 %—
102 Finland88.40 %+0.80 pp
103 Portugal89.70 %+2.10 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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