Ecuador vs El Salvador: Total reserves in months of imports
Total reserves in months of imports over time
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 2.86 against 2.45 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.41.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 126th and El Salvador ranks 128th of 179 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.89 | 3.36 | 0.5236 | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 2.66 | 3.17 | 0.5106 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 3.46 | 4.14 | 0.6818 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.87 | 3.72 | 1.85 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.34 | 3.13 | 1.8 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 2.64 | 2.24 | 0.3991 | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves in months of imports, Ecuador or El Salvador?
- Ecuador, at 2.86 against 2.45 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in total reserves in months of imports between Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 0.41, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for total reserves in months of imports?
- Ecuador ranks 126th and El Salvador ranks 128th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Total reserves in months of imports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This item is expressed in terms of the number of months of imports of goods and services they could pay for [X/(Imports/12)].