International Monetary Fund · Public Sector
El Salvador: Central Government Debt (IMF)
56.19percent · 2024+13.2% since 2014
Total stock of debt liabilities issued by the central government as a share of GDP. Annual figures for El Salvador from 1951 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56.185 | |
| 2023 | 53.755 | |
| 2022 | 54.451 | |
| 2021 | 57.991 | |
| 2020 | 61.94 | |
| 2019 | 47.988 | |
| 2018 | 47.702 | |
| 2017 | 48.749 | |
| 2016 | 49.572 | |
| 2015 | 49.662 | |
| 2014 | 49.626 | |
| 2013 | 49.185 | |
| 2012 | 51.344 | |
| 2011 | 48.146 | |
| 2010 | 49.885 | |
| 2009 | 50.299 | |
| 2008 | 41.41 | |
| 2007 | 41.497 | |
| 2006 | 43.957 | |
| 2005 | 43.925 | |
| 2004 | 44.084 | |
| 2003 | 42.57 | |
| 2002 | 40.209 | |
| 2001 | 35.083 | |
| 2000 | 30.518 | |
| 1999 | 28.398 | |
| 1998 | 26.169 | |
| 1997 | 28.628 | |
| 1996 | 32.336 | |
| 1995 | 32.5 | |
| 1994 | 36.971 | |
| 1993 | 41.557 | |
| 1992 | 52.613 | |
| 1991 | 57.519 | |
| 1990 | 55.739 | |
| 1989 | 84.934 | |
| 1988 | 84.666 | |
| 1987 | 96.316 | |
| 1986 | 92.898 | |
| 1985 | 112.068 | |
| 1984 | 102.355 | |
| 1983 | 66.42 | |
| 1982 | 50.087 | |
| 1981 | 39.503 | |
| 1980 | 21.989 | |
| 1979 | 15.906 | |
| 1978 | 14.631 | |
| 1977 | 12.134 | |
| 1976 | 14.419 | |
| 1975 | 13.079 | |
| 1974 | 12.177 | |
| 1973 | 11.152 | |
| 1972 | 11.009 | |
| 1971 | 10.36 | |
| 1970 | 10.13 | |
| 1969 | 10.383 | |
| 1968 | 9.663 | |
| 1967 | 9.491 | |
| 1966 | 9.366 | |
| 1965 | 8.464 | |
| 1964 | 7.608 | |
| 1963 | 7.423 | |
| 1961 | 7.552 | |
| 1960 | 6.388 | |
| 1959 | 6.532 | |
| 1958 | 6.743 | |
| 1957 | 6.405 | |
| 1956 | 5.562 | |
| 1955 | 4.623 | |
| 1954 | 5.252 | |
| 1953 | 6.091 | |
| 1952 | 5.49 | |
| 1951 | 5.055 |
Source
Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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