Central government expense in El Salvador

Central government expense in El Salvador was equal to 27.9% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1998 to 2023 Source: World Bank
El Salvador, 2023 27.9% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.5percentage points 2022: 27.4%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as El Salvador (2023).

Central government expense in El Salvador over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period El SalvadorWorld
2023 27.9% –
2022 27.4% 28.5%
2021 29.5% 31.7%
2020 33.9% 33.4%
2019 24.8% 26.7%
2018 24.7% 26.1%
2017 24.8% 26.3%
2016 23.2% 26.6%
2015 22.8% 26.8%
2014 22.8% 26.8%
2013 23.0% 27.1%
2012 22.9% 27.4%
2011 24.9% 27.5%
2010 24.1% 28.4%
2009 25.9% 28.4%
2008 22.8% 25.9%
2007 20.5% 24.8%
2006 22.5% 24.9%
2005 20.5% 25.1%
2004 19.6% 24.8%
2003 17.3% 25.2%
2002 20.2% 24.9%
2001 23.0% 24.7%
2000 15.0% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 27.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 23.0%, the figure has changed by +4.9 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1998 to 2023 for El Salvador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics