El Salvador vs World: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP

El Salvador
1.24 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
World
0.9941 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
26th
World rank
29th

Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • World
00.511.5196519952025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.24 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9941 current US$ per US$ of GDP in World, a difference of 0.2459 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times World's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was World ahead.

El Salvador ranks 26th and World ranks 29th of 186 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador World Difference Ahead
1970s 1.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0169 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 1.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0509 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1990s 1.14 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1301 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2000s 1.19 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.191 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2010s 1.19 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9915 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1936 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 1.22 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9923 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2239 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or World?
El Salvador, at 1.24 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9941 current US$ per US$ of GDP in World as of 2025.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and World?
0.2459 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and World?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and World rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 26th and World ranks 29th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
229 places, 10,825 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.