El Salvador vs IDA total: Gross capital formation
El Salvador
34.5%
in 2025
IDA total
5.6%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
6th
IDA total rank
5th
Gross capital formation over time
- El Salvador
- IDA total
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 34.5% against 5.6% in IDA total, a difference of 28.9%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 6.2 times IDA total's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2007 it was IDA total ahead.
El Salvador ranks 6th and IDA total ranks 5th of 169 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and IDA total in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | IDA total | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -11.0% | 5.4% | 16.4% | IDA total |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 6.4% | 2.6% | IDA total |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 3.5% | 8.7% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross capital formation, El Salvador or IDA total?
- El Salvador, at 34.5% against 5.6% in IDA total as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross capital formation between El Salvador and IDA total?
- 28.9%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and IDA total?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and IDA total rank globally for gross capital formation?
- El Salvador ranks 6th and IDA total ranks 5th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Gross capital formation (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.