Liquid liabilities to GDP in El Salvador
El Salvador: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 56.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in El Salvador, 1965–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for liquid liabilities to gdp in El Salvador is 56.5%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.9% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in El Salvador peaked at 63.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 1965.
That places El Salvador 111th out of 186 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.
Liquid liabilities to GDP in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 20.0% | — |
| 1966 | 20.6% | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 20.0% | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 20.2% | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 21.4% | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 21.0% | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 22.2% | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 25.5% | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 26.6% | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 26.8% | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 28.7% | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 30.4% | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 27.2% | -10.4% |
| 1978 | 28.7% | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 28.2% | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 28.7% | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 33.0% | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 35.6% | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 38.3% | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 42.4% | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 52.8% | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 33.1% | -37.3% |
| 1987 | 33.4% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 35.4% | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 38.4% | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 28.8% | -25.1% |
| 1991 | 31.3% | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 32.7% | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 38.0% | +16.2% |
| 1994 | 46.4% | +22.2% |
| 1995 | 44.7% | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 47.4% | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 49.1% | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 50.0% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 52.8% | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 51.3% | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 51.8% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 50.3% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 48.7% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 48.4% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 46.7% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 47.3% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 52.1% | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 49.3% | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 51.2% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 51.2% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 46.2% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 45.2% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 45.1% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 43.8% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 45.2% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 45.3% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 48.6% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 49.2% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 53.0% | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 63.4% | +19.6% |
| 2021 | 56.5% | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.4% | 20.0% | 21.4% | 5 |
| 1970s | 26.5% | 21.0% | 30.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.1% | 28.7% | 52.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 42.1% | 28.8% | 52.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.7% | 46.7% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.3% | 43.8% | 53.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.9% | 56.5% | 63.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 108 Syrian Arab Republic 57.8% compare
- 109 Timor-Leste 57.1% compare
- 110 Bangladesh 56.6% compare
- 112 Mozambique 56.5% compare
- 113 Gambia 56.2% compare
- 114 Peru 55.7% compare
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 liquid liabilities to gdp in El Salvador?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in El Salvador was 56.5% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 63.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 1965.
- How does El Salvador rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 111th out of 186 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities 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 Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, 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. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); 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) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.