El Salvador — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for El Salvador, 1965–2025.
GDP per capita for El Salvador was 5,767 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 61 years, from 1965 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 274 in 1965 (about 21.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.21% per year.
El Salvador ranks 134 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so El Salvador sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 52%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 35 of 40 economies; Bolivia (5,148) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 24% in 1977. That is 26% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1965 level: doubled by 1976; grown tenfold by 2007. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 67th of 121 in 1965 → 92nd of 146 in 1970 → 108th of 163 in 1980 → 128th of 192 in 1990 → 103rd of 204 in 2000 → 140th of 212 in 2010 → 133rd of 210 in 2020 → 113th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1965 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,766.73 | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 5,503.1 | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 5,319.72 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 5,074.6 | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 4,642.61 | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 3,997.19 | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 4,320.12 | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 4,183.55 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 4,020.13 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 3,901.34 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 3,790.34 | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 3,666.01 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 3,582.27 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 3,497.91 | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 3,330.6 | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 3,040.07 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 2,910.19 | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,983.25 | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 2,830.66 | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 2,665.62 | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 2,447.39 | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 2,285.69 | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 2,207.83 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 2,115.41 | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 2,058.04 | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 1,982.87 | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 1,908.08 | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 1,859.73 | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 1,748.92 | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 1,651.31 | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 1,548.38 | +15.2% |
| 1994 | 1,343.93 | +13.9% |
| 1993 | 1,180.27 | +13.4% |
| 1992 | 1,040.78 | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 955.83 | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 892.18 | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 825.11 | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 806.39 | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 777.24 | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 755.43 | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 776.42 | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 763.17 | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 744.86 | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 735.36 | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 752.02 | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 787.15 | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 773.07 | +8.6% |
| 1978 | 711.85 | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 683.9 | +23.7% |
| 1976 | 552.99 | +20.9% |
| 1975 | 457.26 | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 413.4 | +12.9% |
| 1973 | 366.25 | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 328.51 | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 315.67 | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 308.8 | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 293.42 | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 290.1 | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 288.37 | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 282.45 | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 274.33 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was El Salvador’s GDP per capita in 1966?
282.45 (1966). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are El Salvador’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is El Salvador’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1965 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2002.1% in total — about 5.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5,766.73; 2024: 5,503.1; 2023: 5,319.72; 2022: 5,074.6; 2021: 4,642.61. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.