El Salvador - Inflation

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in El Salvador was 3.47 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.94 in 1986 and a minimum value of -2.68 in 1961.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -0.04
1961 -2.68
1962 0.10
1963 1.57
1964 1.76
1965 0.46
1966 -1.19
1967 1.47
1968 2.54
1969 -0.19
1970 2.82
1971 0.45
1972 1.54
1973 6.39
1974 16.90
1975 19.09
1976 7.03
1977 11.82
1978 13.28
1979 14.06
1980 17.37
1981 14.80
1982 11.73
1983 13.31
1984 11.51
1985 22.33
1986 31.94
1987 24.86
1988 19.76
1989 17.63
1990 24.00
1991 14.40
1992 11.21
1993 18.51
1994 10.59
1995 10.03
1996 9.79
1997 4.49
1998 2.55
1999 0.51
2000 2.27
2001 3.75
2002 1.87
2003 2.12
2004 4.45
2005 4.69
2006 4.04
2007 4.58
2008 6.71
2009 1.06
2010 1.18
2011 5.13
2012 1.73
2013 0.76
2014 1.14
2015 -0.73
2016 0.60
2017 1.01
2018 1.09
2019 0.08
2020 -0.37
2021 3.47

Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in El Salvador was 0.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.60 in 1980 and a minimum value of -1.18 in 1966.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1966 -1.18
1967 -0.39
1968 0.19
1969 0.43
1970 4.84
1971 0.81
1972 0.40
1973 8.84
1974 9.65
1975 9.89
1976 17.63
1977 18.32
1978 0.96
1979 15.56
1980 22.60
1981 2.01
1982 5.55
1983 1.59
1984 3.05
1985 3.15
1986 -0.95
1987 2.37
1988 3.91
1989 3.36
1990 5.11
1991 7.42
1992 3.42
1993 8.59
1994 9.80
1995 10.93
1996 6.58
1997 3.38
1998 4.23
1999 0.99
2000 3.27
2001 3.31
2002 1.51
2003 2.97
2004 2.72
2005 4.26
2006 4.32
2007 4.38
2008 3.53
2009 -0.06
2010 2.65
2011 5.91
2012 2.55
2013 0.58
2014 1.01
2015 1.31
2016 0.65
2017 0.99
2018 1.70
2019 0.96
2020 0.20

Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series (annual %)

The latest value for Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series (annual %) in El Salvador was 0.20 as of 2020. Over the past 30 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 45.09 in 1990 and -0.06 in 2009.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on World Bank national accounts data archives, OECD National Accounts, and the IMF WEO database.

See also:

Year Value
1990 45.09
1991 7.42
1992 3.42
1993 8.59
1994 9.80
1995 10.93
1996 6.58
1997 3.38
1998 4.23
1999 0.99
2000 3.27
2001 3.31
2002 1.51
2003 2.97
2004 2.72
2005 4.26
2006 4.32
2007 4.38
2008 3.53
2009 -0.06
2010 2.65
2011 5.91
2012 2.55
2013 0.58
2014 1.01
2015 1.31
2016 0.65
2017 0.99
2018 1.70
2019 0.96
2020 0.20

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices