El Salvador vs Papua New Guinea: GDP

El Salvador
36.71 billion current US$
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
32.50 billion current US$
in 2025
El Salvador rank
110th
Papua New Guinea rank
112th

GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 36.71 billion current US$ against 32.50 billion current US$ in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 4.21 billion current US$.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 112th of 212 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 968.52 million current US$ 442.67 million current US$ 525.85 million current US$ El Salvador
1970s 2.04 billion current US$ 1.37 billion current US$ 669.72 million current US$ El Salvador
1980s 3.77 billion current US$ 2.79 billion current US$ 972.50 million current US$ El Salvador
1990s 8.12 billion current US$ 4.39 billion current US$ 3.73 billion current US$ El Salvador
2000s 14.70 billion current US$ 6.31 billion current US$ 8.39 billion current US$ El Salvador
2010s 23.02 billion current US$ 21.21 billion current US$ 1.81 billion current US$ El Salvador
2020s 31.83 billion current US$ 29.29 billion current US$ 2.54 billion current US$ El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp, El Salvador or Papua New Guinea?
El Salvador, at 36.71 billion current US$ against 32.50 billion current US$ in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp between El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
4.21 billion current US$, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Papua New Guinea rank globally for gdp?
El Salvador ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 112th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as GDP (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GDP (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,741 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.