Financial system deposits to GDP in El Salvador
El Salvador: Financial system deposits to GDP was 57.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Financial system deposits to GDP in El Salvador, 1965–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, financial system deposits to gdp in El Salvador stood at 57.6%.
That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, financial system deposits to gdp in El Salvador peaked at 64.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 1965.
That places El Salvador 92nd out of 185 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Financial system deposits to GDP in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 14.8% | — |
| 1966 | 15.5% | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 15.0% | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 15.4% | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 16.2% | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 16.1% | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 17.2% | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 19.8% | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 20.9% | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 21.0% | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 23.3% | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 23.5% | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 21.3% | -9.3% |
| 1978 | 22.2% | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 19.5% | -11.9% |
| 1980 | 20.5% | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 24.3% | +18.9% |
| 1982 | 26.0% | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 29.2% | +12.3% |
| 1984 | 32.8% | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 40.7% | +24.1% |
| 1986 | 26.6% | -34.8% |
| 1987 | 26.4% | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 28.6% | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 28.9% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 22.3% | -22.8% |
| 1991 | 24.4% | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 26.6% | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 31.7% | +19.2% |
| 1994 | 40.2% | +26.8% |
| 1995 | 39.4% | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 43.2% | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 45.3% | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 46.2% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 47.9% | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 47.3% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 49.6% | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 47.9% | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 46.4% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 46.2% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 44.9% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 46.0% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 50.8% | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 48.1% | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 52.1% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 52.3% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 47.2% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 45.7% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 45.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 44.5% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 45.7% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 45.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 49.1% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 50.0% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 53.9% | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 64.8% | +20.3% |
| 2021 | 57.6% | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.4% | 14.8% | 16.2% | 5 |
| 1970s | 20.5% | 16.1% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.4% | 20.5% | 40.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.7% | 22.3% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.9% | 44.9% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.0% | 44.5% | 53.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.2% | 57.6% | 64.8% | 2 |
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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 financial system deposits to gdp in El Salvador?
- Financial system deposits to gdp in El Salvador was 57.6% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 64.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 1965.
- How does El Salvador rank for financial system deposits to gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 92nd out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is financial system deposits to gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Financial system deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks and other financial institutions as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Financial system deposits (IFS lines 24, 25, 44, and 45); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).