Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in El Salvador
El Salvador: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 5,606 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in El Salvador, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in El Salvador stood at 5,606 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 52.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in El Salvador peaked at 5,606 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 253.46 USD, in 1970.
El Salvador ranks 138th of 228 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 253.46 USD | — |
| 1971 | 260.28 USD | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 270.97 USD | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 306.02 USD | +12.9% |
| 1974 | 354 USD | +15.7% |
| 1975 | 393.07 USD | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 490.17 USD | +24.7% |
| 1977 | 602.66 USD | +22.9% |
| 1978 | 633.14 USD | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 694.81 USD | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 710.33 USD | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 684.26 USD | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 701.55 USD | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 780.02 USD | +11.2% |
| 1984 | 878.74 USD | +12.7% |
| 1985 | 1,059 USD | +20.5% |
| 1986 | 737.65 USD | -30.3% |
| 1987 | 821.78 USD | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 952.49 USD | +15.9% |
| 1989 | 1,100 USD | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 892.18 USD | -18.9% |
| 1991 | 955.83 USD | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 1,041 USD | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 1,180 USD | +13.4% |
| 1994 | 1,344 USD | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 1,548 USD | +15.2% |
| 1996 | 1,651 USD | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 1,749 USD | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 1,860 USD | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 1,908 USD | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,983 USD | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 2,058 USD | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 2,115 USD | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 2,208 USD | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 2,286 USD | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 2,447 USD | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 2,666 USD | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 2,831 USD | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 2,983 USD | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 2,910 USD | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 3,040 USD | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 3,331 USD | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 3,498 USD | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 3,582 USD | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 3,666 USD | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 3,790 USD | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 3,901 USD | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 4,020 USD | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 4,184 USD | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 4,320 USD | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 3,997 USD | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 4,643 USD | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 5,094 USD | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 5,391 USD | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 5,606 USD | +4.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 5,606 USD is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,969 USD, 70% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 5,606 USD is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,170 USD, 40% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 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 | -30.3% | 1,059 USD | 737.65 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 425.86 USD | 253.46 USD | 694.81 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 842.57 USD | 684.26 USD | 1,100 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,413 USD | 892.18 USD | 1,908 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,449 USD | 1,983 USD | 2,983 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,733 USD | 3,040 USD | 4,320 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,946 USD | 3,997 USD | 5,606 USD | 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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0058 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 33.72 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -1.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0043 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 24.62 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 34.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0171 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in El Salvador?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in El Salvador was 5,606 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 5,606 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 253.46 USD in 1970.
- How does El Salvador rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 138th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.9%. 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 US$ per capita. 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).