Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange in El Salvador
El Salvador: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange was 3.17 billion SDR in 2025. β Volatile
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange in El Salvador, 1950β2025
Source: International Monetary Fund. Measured in SDR.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 3.17 billion SDR for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange in 2025. That is the highest value across all 76 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.4% on the previous year and up 75.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange in El Salvador peaked at 3.17 billion SDR in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.10 million SDR, in 1960.
That places El Salvador 105th out of 194 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.14 million SDR | 6.40 million SDR | 17.90 million SDR | 10 |
| 1960s | 26.76 million SDR | 3.10 million SDR | 46.50 million SDR | 10 |
| 1970s | 91.10 million SDR | 30.42 million SDR | 189.44 million SDR | 10 |
| 1980s | 129.72 million SDR | 60.92 million SDR | 202.33 million SDR | 10 |
| 1990s | 611.22 million SDR | 200.78 million SDR | 1.30 billion SDR | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.28 billion SDR | 1.06 billion SDR | 1.67 billion SDR | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.90 billion SDR | 1.24 billion SDR | 3.00 billion SDR | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.25 billion SDR | 1.81 billion SDR | 3.17 billion SDR | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 102 Georgia 3.42 billion SDR compare
- 103 Ghana 3.34 billion SDR compare
- 104 Latvia, Republic of 3.27 billion SDR compare
- 106 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.15 billion SDR compare
- 107 Greece 3.02 billion SDR compare
- 108 Brunei Darussalam 3.00 billion SDR compare
More financial sector data for El Salvador
- Gold reserves at market value 185.32 million SDR (2025)
- 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)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.52 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.33 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.03 million SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 55.0% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 2.45 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange in El Salvador?
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange in El Salvador was 3.17 billion SDR in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 3.17 billion SDR in 2025.
- What is the lowest reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.10 million SDR in 1960.
- How does El Salvador rank for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange?
- El Salvador ranks 105th out of 194 countries with data for 2025.
- Is reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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International liquidity consists of all the resources that are available to the monetary authorities of countries for the purpose of meeting balance of payments financing needs.