Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in El Salvador
El Salvador: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -980.90 million in 2025. ▼ Falling
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in El Salvador, 2000–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded -980.90 million for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 15.3% on the previous year and down 96.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in El Salvador peaked at -143.20 million in 2000 and was at its lowest, -980.90 million, in 2025.
El Salvador ranks 54th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -143.20 million | — |
| 2001 | -203.00 million | +41.8% |
| 2002 | -267.60 million | +31.8% |
| 2003 | -326.80 million | +22.1% |
| 2004 | -330.60 million | +1.2% |
| 2005 | -292.20 million | -11.6% |
| 2006 | -392.70 million | +34.4% |
| 2007 | -386.70 million | -1.5% |
| 2008 | -400.70 million | +3.6% |
| 2009 | -429.00 million | +7.1% |
| 2010 | -451.90 million | +5.3% |
| 2011 | -413.70 million | -8.5% |
| 2012 | -444.76 million | +7.5% |
| 2013 | -455.10 million | +2.3% |
| 2014 | -461.90 million | +1.5% |
| 2015 | -499.70 million | +8.2% |
| 2016 | -527.40 million | +5.5% |
| 2017 | -575.70 million | +9.2% |
| 2018 | -601.10 million | +4.4% |
| 2019 | -633.00 million | +5.3% |
| 2020 | -701.70 million | +10.9% |
| 2021 | -700.20 million | -0.2% |
| 2022 | -665.90 million | -4.9% |
| 2023 | -791.40 million | +18.8% |
| 2024 | -850.60 million | +7.5% |
| 2025 | -980.90 million | +15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -317.25 million | -429.00 million | -143.20 million | 10 |
| 2010s | -506.43 million | -633.00 million | -413.70 million | 10 |
| 2020s | -781.78 million | -980.90 million | -665.90 million | 6 |
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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 predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in El Salvador?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in El Salvador was -980.90 million in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was -143.20 million in 2000.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was -980.90 million in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- El Salvador ranks 54th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total foreign currency loans securities and deposits, interest, Outflows (reserves template) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities . Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.