Savings share of GDP in El Salvador

Gross savings in El Salvador were equal to 22.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1977.

Measure: Gross savings as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1976 to 2025 Source: World Bank
El Salvador, 2025 22.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +5.4percentage points 2024: 17.4%
World, 2024 26.0% Official aggregate Not the same period as El Salvador (2025).

Savings 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.

Gross savings as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period El SalvadorWorld
2025 22.8% –
2024 17.4% 26.0%
2023 17.3% 26.2%
2022 19.1% 27.2%
2021 19.3% 27.1%
2020 18.3% 25.7%
2019 18.2% 26.5%
2018 15.6% 26.6%
2017 15.0% 26.4%
2016 13.7% 25.8%
2015 12.3% 26.3%
2014 11.6% 26.7%
2013 10.1% 26.4%
2012 11.9% 26.7%
2011 12.3% 26.8%
2010 13.8% 26.5%
2009 12.3% 25.3%
2008 11.7% 27.4%
2007 13.6% 28.2%
2006 17.5% 28.2%
2005 16.7% 27.1%
2004 15.5% 26.6%
2003 14.8% 25.4%
2002 15.6% 25.0%
2001 18.4% 25.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.4 percentage points from 17.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 12.3%, the figure has changed by +10.5 percentage points.

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Source and dates

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World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1976 to 2025 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices