El Salvador vs Guatemala: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per capita

El Salvador
0.0056 million USD per person
in 2024
Guatemala
0.0062 million USD per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
119th
Guatemala rank
117th

Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
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How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 0.0062 million USD per person against 0.0056 million USD per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0006 million USD per person.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Guatemala ahead.

El Salvador ranks 119th and Guatemala ranks 117th of 194 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Guatemala in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guatemala Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0004 million USD per person 0.0005 million USD per person 0.0001 million USD per person Guatemala
1980s 0.0008 million USD per person 0.001 million USD per person 0.0001 million USD per person Guatemala
1990s 0.0014 million USD per person 0.0012 million USD per person 0.0002 million USD per person El Salvador
2000s 0.0024 million USD per person 0.002 million USD per person 0.0004 million USD per person El Salvador
2010s 0.0037 million USD per person 0.0038 million USD per person 0 million USD per person Guatemala
2020s 0.0049 million USD per person 0.0053 million USD per person 0.0004 million USD per person Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product — value us$, per capita, El Salvador or Guatemala?
Guatemala, at 0.0062 million USD per person against 0.0056 million USD per person in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, per capita between El Salvador and Guatemala?
0.0006 million USD per person, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for gross domestic product — value us$, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 119th and Guatemala ranks 117th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per capita
Unit
million USD per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
195 places, 10,004 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.