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El Salvador: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1939–2025 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−3.54%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom −2.76%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.58%10 years
Record high and low
6.10% (1939)low −8.91% (1978)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-10%-5%0%5%10%19401960198020002020El SalvadorEl Salvador, 1939: 6.10%El Salvador
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-1.30Forecast
2030-1.28Forecast
2029-1.27Forecast
2028-1.33Forecast
2027-1.91Forecast
2026-3.30Forecast
2025-3.54
2024-2.76
2023-1.74
2022-6.73
2021-4.31
20201.11
2019-0.422
2018-3.30
2017-1.86
2016-2.27

Sources

  • Mitchell1939
  • WDI (archive)1976–1997
  • World Development Indicators1976–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Central American Monetary Council1999–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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