El Salvador — Government consumption
millions of LCU · Annual · 1950–2025 · 76 observations
About this series
Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure.
The government consumption reading for El Salvador was 6.54B LCU in 2025. The previous reading was 6.78B LCU in 2024; the period change was −3.6%. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 5.28B LCU, the latest reading was above. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 17.8% in 2025.
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Latest observations
2010–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.54B LCU |
| 2024 | 6.78B LCU |
| 2023 | 6.45B LCU |
| 2022 | 6.00B LCU |
| 2021 | 5.62B LCU |
11 earlier values, back to 2010
| 2020 | 4.91B LCU |
| 2019 | 4.31B LCU |
| 2018 | 4.19B LCU |
| 2017 | 4.03B LCU |
| 2016 | 3.95B LCU |
| 2015 | 3.87B LCU |
| 2014 | 3.60B LCU |
| 2013 | 3.59B LCU |
| 2012 | 3.37B LCU |
| 2011 | 3.20B LCU |
| 2010 | 2.90B LCU |