External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in El Salvador
El Salvador: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors was 17.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in El Salvador, 1995–2021
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in % of domestic bank deposits.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 17.5% for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in 2021.
The figure is up 16.1% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in El Salvador peaked at 36.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2003.
That places El Salvador 106th out of 181 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of domestic bank deposits | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 30.2% | — |
| 1996 | 33.0% | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 36.7% | +10.9% |
| 1998 | 26.6% | -27.5% |
| 1999 | 25.4% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 17.9% | -29.7% |
| 2001 | 17.1% | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 16.9% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 6.4% | -62.2% |
| 2004 | 7.4% | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | +27.9% |
| 2006 | 26.5% | +178.7% |
| 2007 | 23.1% | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 26.4% | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 26.8% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 23.7% | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 23.9% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 18.5% | -22.4% |
| 2013 | 17.5% | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 19.7% | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 16.4% | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 18.0% | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 18.1% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | -21.0% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 17.5% | +16.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 17.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.1%, 91% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 17.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30.4%, 58% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +178.7% | 9.5% | 26.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.4% | 25.4% | 36.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 17.8% | 6.4% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 13.2% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.3% | 15.1% | 17.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More financial sector data for El Salvador
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 3,882 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6732 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.03 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 185.32 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.17 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.33 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.52 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 552.09 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in El Salvador?
- External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors in El Salvador was 17.5% in 2021, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 36.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2003.
- How does El Salvador rank for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors?
- El Salvador ranks 106th out of 181 countries with data for 2021.
- Is external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data is from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 7A: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors; bank deposits from IFS (IFS lines 24 and 25). End of year data (i.e. December data) are used.