El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean: Personal remittances, received (current US$), per capita

El Salvador
1,587 current US$ per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean
204.02 current US$ per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
9th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
10th

Personal remittances, received (current US$), per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Latin America & Caribbean
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1,587 current US$ per person against 204.02 current US$ per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 1,383 current US$ per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 7.8 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 9th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
1970s 13.21 current US$ per person 2.13 current US$ per person 11.07 current US$ per person El Salvador
1980s 29.43 current US$ per person 7.24 current US$ per person 22.19 current US$ per person El Salvador
1990s 162.78 current US$ per person 23.4 current US$ per person 139.38 current US$ per person El Salvador
2000s 461.29 current US$ per person 79.15 current US$ per person 382.14 current US$ per person El Salvador
2010s 713.88 current US$ per person 117.72 current US$ per person 596.17 current US$ per person El Salvador
2020s 1,277 current US$ per person 214.06 current US$ per person 1,062 current US$ per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher personal remittances, received (current us$), per capita, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean?
El Salvador, at 1,587 current US$ per person against 204.02 current US$ per person in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2025.
What is the difference in personal remittances, received (current us$), per capita between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
1,383 current US$ per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean?
50 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for personal remittances, received (current us$), per capita?
El Salvador ranks 9th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Personal remittances, received (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Personal remittances, received (current US$), per capita
Unit
current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
244 places, 9,733 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Personal remittances, received (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.