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El Salvador: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

-1.30Bcurrent USD · 2025-72.5% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for El Salvador from 1976 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-1,300,065,222.444
2024-964,417,195.496
2023-584,682,905.814
2022-2,143,721,476.517
2021-1,250,461,217.925
2020276,701,043.321
2019-113,356,041.214
2018-859,154,620.812
2017-464,589,787.317
2016-550,121,068.989
2015-753,757,240.441
2014-1,213,582,707.56
2013-1,518,420,127.225
2012-1,239,801,102.683
2011-1,111,764,528.133
2010-532,815,819.147
2009-312,196,471.686
2008-1,532,170,000
2007-1,216,560,000
2006-765,560,000
2005-621,590,000
2004-641,875,012.729
2003-702,197,959.631
2002-405,150,000
2001-150,300,000
2000-430,500,000
1999-239,300,000
1998-90,691,033.695
1997-97,758,743.754
1996-169,046,259.28
1995-261,577,269.05
1994-17,986,538.737
1993-81,815,491.894
1992-108,960,430.579
1991-167,463,617.464
1990-151,744,950.11
1989-194,440,000
198825,800,000
1987135,800,000
1986116,855,414.61
1985-28,680,000
1984-53,720,000
1983-27,800,000
1982-120,040,000
1981-250,520,000
198033,920,000
197932,240,000
1978-278,720,000
197737,360,000
197623,640,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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