Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in El Salvador
El Salvador: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 4,577 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in El Salvador, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 4,577 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in El Salvador peaked at 4,577 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,314 USD, in 1989.
That places El Salvador 124th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2,518 USD | — |
| 1971 | 2,577 USD | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 2,656 USD | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 2,726 USD | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 2,834 USD | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 2,926 USD | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 2,977 USD | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 3,090 USD | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 3,219 USD | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 3,103 USD | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 2,796 USD | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 2,548 USD | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 2,378 USD | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 2,353 USD | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 2,362 USD | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,361 USD | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,329 USD | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 2,345 USD | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 2,336 USD | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 2,314 USD | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 2,348 USD | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 2,342 USD | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 2,466 USD | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 2,575 USD | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 2,670 USD | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,773 USD | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 2,775 USD | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,843 USD | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 2,900 USD | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 2,946 USD | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 2,965 USD | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,978 USD | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 3,016 USD | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 3,057 USD | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 3,081 USD | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 3,164 USD | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 3,303 USD | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 3,361 USD | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 3,421 USD | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 3,339 USD | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 3,398 USD | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 3,515 USD | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 3,600 USD | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 3,666 USD | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 3,714 USD | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,790 USD | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 3,876 USD | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 3,955 USD | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 4,046 USD | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 4,143 USD | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 3,809 USD | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 4,248 USD | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 4,349 USD | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 4,481 USD | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 4,577 USD | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,863 USD | 2,518 USD | 3,219 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,412 USD | 2,314 USD | 2,796 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,664 USD | 2,342 USD | 2,946 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,169 USD | 2,965 USD | 3,421 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,770 USD | 3,398 USD | 4,143 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,293 USD | 3,809 USD | 4,577 USD | 5 |
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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)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 3.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 0.8132 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 4,690 current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 2.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.6403 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 3,693 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 2.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in El Salvador?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in El Salvador was 4,577 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 4,577 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,314 USD in 1989.
- How does El Salvador rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- El Salvador ranks 124th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 US$ per capita, 2015 prices. 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).