El Salvador — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1939–2030 · 56 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

El Salvador's current account reading was −3.54% of GDP in 2025. The period change from −2.76% of GDP in 2024 was −0.78 percentage points.

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  • Annual data, 1939–2030
  • Quarterly data, 2000–2026
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Latest observations

2019–2030

PeriodValue
2030-1.38 % of GDP
2029-1.39 % of GDP
2028-1.37 % of GDP
2027-1.43 % of GDP
2026-1.82 % of GDP
7 earlier values, back to 2019
2025-3.54 % of GDP
2024-2.76 % of GDP
2023-1.74 % of GDP
2022-6.73 % of GDP
2021-4.31 % of GDP
20201.11 % of GDP
2019-0.42 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.