Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · SLV
El Salvador
18,846 datasets on El Salvador from ILO, fao, World Bank, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, WHO, IMF, Ember, Eurostat, OECD, IMF Financial Access Survey, UNHCR, UCDP, IATI, each with its publisher, unit and history.
Headline figures
GDP (current US$)
36.71B
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita (current US$)
5766.73
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP growth (annual %)
3.91
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
0.26
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Population, total
6.37M
people · 2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth (years)
72.30
years · 2024 · World Bank
Mortality rate, under-5
10
per 1,000 live births · 2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
3.30
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day
4.60
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Access to electricity
98.70
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Individuals using the Internet
66.48
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Primary completion rate, total
82.63
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
32.05
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
107.28
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Current health expenditure
9.29
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita
1.51
t CO2e per capita · 2024 · World Bank
By topic
Sources
- ILO7,616 series
- fao4,242 series
- World Bank3,840 series
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics2,797 series
- WHO184 series
- IMF97 series
- Ember30 series
- Eurostat16 series
- OECD6 series
- IMF Financial Access Survey5 series
- UNHCR5 series
- UCDP5 series
- IATI3 series
The full brief for El Salvador, with rankings against its peers, publisher disagreements and development finance by funder and project, is on the Interva desk.