Investment share of GDP in El Salvador
Investment in El Salvador was equal to 26.3% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1965.
El Salvador, 2025
26.3%
Change from 2024
+6.2percentage points
World, 2024
26.3%
Investment share of GDP 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.
| Period | El Salvador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.3% | – |
| 2024 | 20.1% | 26.3% |
| 2023 | 21.5% | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 24.5% | 27.5% |
| 2021 | 23.4% | 27.2% |
| 2020 | 17.2% | 26.5% |
| 2019 | 18.3% | 26.6% |
| 2018 | 18.4% | 26.7% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | 26.1% |
| 2016 | 16.0% | 25.7% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | 25.9% |
| 2014 | 16.4% | 25.9% |
| 2013 | 17.0% | 25.6% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | 25.5% |
| 2011 | 17.8% | 25.3% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | 24.6% |
| 2009 | 14.1% | 23.4% |
| 2008 | 20.2% | 25.5% |
| 2007 | 20.8% | 25.5% |
| 2006 | 20.1% | 25.0% |
| 2005 | 18.6% | 24.5% |
| 2004 | 18.1% | 24.1% |
| 2003 | 18.4% | 23.4% |
| 2002 | 17.1% | 23.3% |
| 2001 | 17.7% | 23.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +6.2 percentage points from 20.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 16.0%, the figure has changed by +10.3 percentage points.
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Real GDP growth
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GDP in US dollars
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GDP per capita in US dollars
US$5,767 per person
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GDP per capita, PPP
Int$12,050 per person
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GNI per capita, Atlas method
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