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Government debt in El Salvador

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El Salvador's government debt is 87.20 % — #103 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

87.20%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 85.00 %2024: 87.40 %2025: 87.20 %19912008202587.20 %
35 official observations, 1991 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#103 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
17 %
21 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.20 pp
peak 95.40 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 43.90 pp
since 1991

In Americas: #21 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +32.65 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %El Salvador: ahead of 17 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtEl Salvador 87.20 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. El Salvador is ahead of 17 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs El Salvador
101 Mauritius86.50 %−0.70 pp
102 Egypt86.80 %−0.40 pp
103 El Salvador87.20 %—
104 Finland89.30 %+2.10 pp
105 Portugal89.90 %+2.70 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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