Personal remittances received in El Salvador
Personal remittances received by El Salvador were equal to 27.5% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1976.
El Salvador, 2025
27.5%
Change from 2024
+3.2percentage points
World, 2025
0.8%
Personal remittances received in El Salvador over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | 27.5% | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 24.3% | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 24.7% | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 24.6% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 23.8% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 21.0% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 18.9% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 18.2% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 18.0% | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 18.3% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 18.8% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 20.9% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 21.8% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 20.6% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 18.7% | 0.5% |
| 2003 | 16.0% | 0.5% |
| 2002 | 15.4% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.2 percentage points from 24.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.2%, the figure has changed by +9.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.