El Salvador - Current account balance

Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Current account balance (BoP, current US$) in El Salvador was $120,950,000 as of 2020. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $135,800,000 in 1987 and ($1,532,170,000) in 2008.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1976 $23,640,000
1977 $37,360,000
1978 ($278,720,000)
1979 $32,240,000
1980 $33,920,000
1981 ($250,520,000)
1982 ($120,040,000)
1983 ($27,800,000)
1984 ($53,720,000)
1985 ($28,680,000)
1986 $116,855,400
1987 $135,800,000
1988 $25,800,000
1989 ($194,440,000)
1990 ($151,744,900)
1991 ($167,463,600)
1992 ($108,960,400)
1993 ($81,815,490)
1994 ($17,986,540)
1995 ($261,577,300)
1996 ($169,046,300)
1997 ($97,758,740)
1998 ($90,691,030)
1999 ($239,300,000)
2000 ($430,500,000)
2001 ($150,300,000)
2002 ($405,150,000)
2003 ($702,198,000)
2004 ($641,875,000)
2005 ($621,590,000)
2006 ($765,560,000)
2007 ($1,216,560,000)
2008 ($1,532,170,000)
2009 ($312,196,500)
2010 ($532,815,800)
2011 ($1,111,764,000)
2012 ($1,239,801,000)
2013 ($1,518,420,000)
2014 ($1,213,583,000)
2015 ($753,757,200)
2016 ($550,121,100)
2017 ($464,589,800)
2018 ($859,154,600)
2019 ($165,401,600)
2020 $120,950,000

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in El Salvador was 0.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 3.43 in 1987, while its lowest value was -8.91 in 1978.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1976 1.02
1977 1.27
1978 -8.91
1979 0.93
1980 0.95
1981 -7.29
1982 -3.53
1983 -0.79
1984 -1.47
1985 -0.75
1986 3.10
1987 3.43
1988 0.62
1989 -4.45
1990 -3.15
1991 -3.19
1992 -1.87
1993 -1.22
1994 -0.23
1995 -2.93
1996 -1.76
1997 -0.96
1998 -0.83
1999 -2.12
2000 -3.65
2001 -1.22
2002 -3.20
2003 -5.30
2004 -4.68
2005 -4.23
2006 -4.78
2007 -7.15
2008 -8.52
2009 -1.77
2010 -2.89
2011 -5.48
2012 -5.80
2013 -6.90
2014 -5.37
2015 -3.22
2016 -2.27
2017 -1.86
2018 -3.30
2019 -0.61
2020 0.49

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments