Real GDP growth in El Salvador

Real GDP in El Salvador changed by 3.9% in 2025.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1966 to 2025 Source: World Bank
El Salvador, 2025 3.9% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +1.3percentage points 2024: 2.6%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 73rd of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in El Salvador over time

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

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period El SalvadorWorld
2025 3.9% 2.9%
2024 2.6% 2.9%
2023 3.4% 2.9%
2022 3.0% 3.4%
2021 11.9% 6.5%
2020 -7.9% -2.9%
2019 2.4% 2.7%
2018 2.4% 3.3%
2017 2.2% 3.4%
2016 2.5% 2.8%
2015 2.4% 3.1%
2014 1.7% 3.2%
2013 2.2% 2.9%
2012 2.8% 2.7%
2011 3.8% 3.3%
2010 2.2% 4.5%
2009 -2.1% -1.3%
2008 2.2% 2.1%
2007 1.8% 4.4%
2006 4.3% 4.5%
2005 2.7% 4.1%
2004 0.9% 4.5%
2003 1.6% 3.1%
2002 1.6% 2.3%
2001 0.9% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 2.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.4%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, El Salvador has the 73rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1966 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