Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in El Salvador
El Salvador: Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency was 35,534 million SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in El Salvador, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value standard local currency in El Salvador stood at 35,534 million SLC. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 57.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value standard local currency in El Salvador peaked at 35,534 million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 929.9 million SLC, in 1970.
That places El Salvador 171st out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 929.9 million SLC | — |
| 1971 | 978 million SLC | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 1,042 million SLC | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 1,205 million SLC | +15.6% |
| 1974 | 1,426 million SLC | +18.4% |
| 1975 | 1,620 million SLC | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 2,064 million SLC | +27.4% |
| 1977 | 2,592 million SLC | +25.6% |
| 1978 | 2,782 million SLC | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 3,113 million SLC | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 3,225 million SLC | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 3,128 million SLC | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 3,243 million SLC | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 3,672 million SLC | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 4,216 million SLC | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 5,183 million SLC | +22.9% |
| 1986 | 3,683 million SLC | -28.9% |
| 1987 | 4,185 million SLC | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 4,949 million SLC | +18.3% |
| 1989 | 5,829 million SLC | +17.8% |
| 1990 | 4,818 million SLC | -17.3% |
| 1991 | 5,252 million SLC | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 5,813 million SLC | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 6,680 million SLC | +14.9% |
| 1994 | 7,679 million SLC | +15.0% |
| 1995 | 8,922 million SLC | +16.2% |
| 1996 | 9,586 million SLC | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 10,222 million SLC | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 10,937 million SLC | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 11,284 million SLC | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 11,785 million SLC | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 12,282 million SLC | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 12,664 million SLC | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 13,244 million SLC | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 13,725 million SLC | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 14,698 million SLC | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 16,000 million SLC | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 17,012 million SLC | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 17,987 million SLC | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 17,602 million SLC | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 18,448 million SLC | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 20,284 million SLC | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 21,386 million SLC | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 21,991 million SLC | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 22,594 million SLC | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 23,438 million SLC | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 24,191 million SLC | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 24,979 million SLC | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 26,021 million SLC | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 26,881 million SLC | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 24,921 million SLC | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 29,043 million SLC | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 31,989 million SLC | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 34,016 million SLC | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 35,534 million SLC | +4.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 35,534 million SLC is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 913,929 million SLC, 4% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 35,534 million SLC is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 147,748 million SLC, 24% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -28.9% | 5,183 million SLC | 3,683 million SLC |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,775 million SLC | 929.9 million SLC | 3,113 million SLC | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,131 million SLC | 3,128 million SLC | 5,829 million SLC | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,119 million SLC | 4,818 million SLC | 11,284 million SLC | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,700 million SLC | 11,785 million SLC | 17,987 million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,021 million SLC | 18,448 million SLC | 26,881 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,101 million SLC | 24,921 million SLC | 35,534 million SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More economy & growth data for El Salvador
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.92 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 318.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0087 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 50 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 763.72 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -27.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0208 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 119.98 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 30 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value standard local currency in El Salvador?
- Gross domestic product — value standard local currency in El Salvador was 35,534 million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value standard local currency recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 35,534 million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value standard local currency recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 929.9 million SLC in 1970.
- How does El Salvador rank for gross domestic product — value standard local currency?
- El Salvador ranks 171st out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value standard local currency rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).