Home > Countries > El Salvador > Private Sector & Trade > Imports

El Salvador - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 0.295 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 0.394 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1965	0.050
1966	0.046
1967	0.045
1969	0.034
1970	0.025
1971	0.046
1972	0.034
1973	0.027
1974	0.016
1975	0.022
1976	0.011
1977	0.008
1978	0.007
1979	0.020
1980	0.013
1981	0.018
1982	0.009
1983	0.008
1984	0.004
1985	0.004
1987	0.010
1988	0.002
1989	0.008
1990	0.007
1991	0.012
1992	0.011
1993	0.014
1994	0.010
1995	0.035
1996	0.017
1997	0.013
1998	0.112
1999	0.016
2000	0.028
2001	0.004
2002	0.075
2003	0.072
2004	0.013
2005	0.036
2006	0.012
2007	0.030
2008	0.072
2009	0.063
2010	0.027
2011	0.089
2012	0.141
2013	0.198
2014	0.172
2015	0.254
2016	0.238
2017	0.193
2018	0.394
2019	0.256
2020	0.295

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in El Salvador was 10,327,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,604,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 109,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	123,000,000
1961	109,000,000
1962	125,000,000
1963	152,000,000
1964	191,000,000
1965	201,000,000
1966	221,000,000
1967	224,000,000
1968	214,000,000
1969	208,000,000
1970	214,000,000
1971	249,000,000
1972	272,000,000
1973	377,000,000
1974	562,000,000
1975	614,000,000
1976	735,000,000
1977	929,000,000
1978	1,028,000,000
1979	1,037,000,000
1980	966,000,000
1981	986,000,000
1982	857,000,000
1983	891,000,000
1984	977,000,000
1985	961,000,000
1986	935,000,000
1987	994,000,000
1988	1,007,000,000
1989	1,161,000,000
1990	1,263,000,000
1991	1,516,000,000
1992	1,855,000,000
1993	2,145,000,000
1994	2,547,000,000
1995	3,329,000,000
1996	3,223,000,000
1997	3,739,000,000
1998	3,962,000,000
1999	4,095,000,000
2000	4,947,000,000
2001	5,027,000,000
2002	5,184,000,000
2003	5,754,000,000
2004	6,329,000,000
2005	6,690,000,000
2006	7,663,000,000
2007	8,821,000,000
2008	9,818,000,000
2009	7,325,000,000
2010	8,416,000,000
2011	9,965,000,000
2012	10,258,000,000
2013	10,772,000,000
2014	10,514,000,000
2015	10,293,000,000
2016	9,826,000,000
2017	10,572,000,000
2018	11,464,000,000
2019	11,604,000,000
2020	10,327,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 42.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 81.34 in 1960, while its lowest value was 38.10 in 1980.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	81.34
1961	78.87
1962	76.08
1963	70.43
1964	68.10
1965	68.32
1966	65.74
1967	63.98
1968	56.42
1969	61.43
1970	64.62
1971	64.04
1972	62.77
1973	63.77
1974	61.31
1975	61.50
1976	63.18
1977	63.00
1978	63.40
1979	57.46
1980	38.10
1981	49.68
1982	49.14
1983	53.08
1984	53.75
1985	56.26
1986	59.62
1987	58.88
1988	57.96
1989	62.13
1990	62.86
1991	59.75
1992	63.93
1993	66.25
1994	64.51
1995	65.75
1996	64.87
1997	60.51
1998	60.88
1999	58.17
2000	65.87
2001	66.08
2002	65.63
2003	65.71
2004	63.25
2005	57.15
2006	56.95
2007	55.11
2008	53.16
2009	54.01
2010	54.12
2011	55.61
2012	53.62
2013	55.96
2014	57.23
2015	55.65
2016	53.45
2017	54.15
2018	48.65
2019	45.44
2020	42.95

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 18.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 18.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.10
1965	0.10
1966	0.14
1967	0.09
1969	0.14
1970	0.07
1971	0.08
1972	0.10
1973	0.09
1974	0.23
1975	0.14
1976	0.98
1977	0.11
1978	0.28
1979	0.25
1980	0.06
1981	0.05
1982	0.02
1983	0.07
1984	0.04
1985	0.04
1986	0.03
1987	0.03
1988	0.03
1989	0.06
1990	0.12
1991	0.06
1992	0.12
1993	0.40
1994	0.08
1995	0.93
1996	1.41
1997	1.58
1998	3.79
1999	2.03
2000	1.99
2001	2.58
2002	2.61
2003	2.68
2004	3.04
2005	5.30
2006	7.11
2007	7.32
2008	8.06
2009	6.68
2010	7.89
2011	7.52
2012	8.28
2013	9.12
2014	9.88
2015	10.74
2016	11.38
2017	11.50
2018	17.96
2019	18.49
2020	18.62

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 16.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 16.61 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1994.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	0.04
1969	0.05
1970	0.01
1971	0.01
1972	0.01
1973	0.02
1974	0.17
1975	0.07
1976	0.22
1977	0.05
1978	0.11
1979	0.11
1980	0.00
1981	0.00
1982	0.00
1983	0.01
1984	0.00
1985	0.02
1986	0.00
1990	0.07
1991	0.00
1992	0.00
1993	0.25
1994	0.00
1995	0.66
1996	0.47
1997	0.62
1998	2.13
1999	1.03
2000	0.97
2001	1.35
2002	1.77
2003	2.01
2004	2.26
2005	3.93
2006	5.12
2007	5.60
2008	5.98
2009	5.30
2010	6.50
2011	6.51
2012	6.89
2013	7.68
2014	8.52
2015	9.31
2016	9.98
2017	10.05
2018	16.08
2019	16.45
2020	16.61

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 0.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 1.40 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1969	0.00
1978	0.00
1979	0.00
1981	0.00
1990	0.00
1993	0.00
1995	0.17
1996	0.82
1997	0.85
1998	1.40
1999	0.82
2000	0.84
2001	1.06
2002	0.55
2003	0.42
2004	0.51
2005	0.83
2006	1.15
2007	0.78
2008	0.91
2009	0.39
2010	0.28
2011	0.28
2012	0.37
2013	0.41
2014	0.30
2015	0.22
2016	0.22
2017	0.42
2018	0.53
2019	0.66
2020	0.72

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 38.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.10 in 1982, while its lowest value was 13.26 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	13.26
1961	15.22
1962	19.74
1963	20.07
1964	22.32
1965	23.32
1966	26.33
1967	26.48
1968	33.73
1969	31.34
1970	30.47
1971	28.31
1972	30.07
1973	29.13
1974	25.82
1975	26.74
1976	27.19
1977	25.62
1978	27.48
1979	29.45
1980	35.14
1981	37.10
1982	40.10
1983	36.63
1984	37.35
1985	33.92
1986	27.07
1987	29.07
1988	30.60
1989	27.97
1990	26.09
1991	28.30
1992	27.45
1993	25.14
1994	22.22
1995	26.42
1996	29.53
1997	33.49
1998	32.71
1999	35.01
2000	26.51
2001	27.89
2002	27.84
2003	27.75
2004	27.84
2005	32.89
2006	33.34
2007	35.81
2008	35.57
2009	36.72
2010	34.39
2011	33.72
2012	34.85
2013	30.29
2014	30.49
2015	31.31
2016	33.49
2017	33.93
2018	33.22
2019	35.93
2020	38.22

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 0.097 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 0.148 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1965	0.050
1966	0.046
1969	0.035
1970	0.025
1971	0.046
1972	0.034
1973	0.027
1974	0.016
1975	0.022
1976	0.011
1977	0.008
1978	0.007
1979	0.020
1980	0.013
1981	0.018
1982	0.009
1983	0.008
1984	0.004
1985	0.004
1987	0.010
1988	0.002
1989	0.008
1990	0.007
1991	0.012
1992	0.011
1993	0.014
1994	0.010
1995	0.035
1996	0.017
1997	0.013
1998	0.104
1999	0.016
2000	0.010
2001	0.004
2002	0.069
2003	0.048
2004	0.010
2005	0.032
2006	0.008
2007	0.148
2008	0.017
2009	0.039
2010	0.019
2011	0.030
2012	0.033
2013	0.019
2014	0.016
2015	0.012
2016	0.039
2017	0.008
2018	0.053
2019	0.042
2020	0.097

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 1.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 1.30 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.05
1965	0.05
1969	0.01
1970	0.00
1971	0.01
1972	0.00
1973	0.03
1974	0.01
1975	0.01
1976	0.05
1977	0.03
1978	0.14
1979	0.07
1980	0.03
1981	0.01
1982	0.00
1983	0.02
1984	0.00
1985	0.00
1986	0.01
1987	0.00
1988	0.00
1989	0.01
1990	0.02
1991	0.01
1992	0.01
1993	0.06
1994	0.03
1995	0.07
1996	0.08
1997	0.08
1998	0.08
1999	0.13
2000	0.07
2001	0.12
2002	0.17
2003	0.18
2004	0.24
2005	0.49
2006	0.63
2007	0.56
2008	0.58
2009	0.56
2010	0.52
2011	0.52
2012	0.73
2013	0.97
2014	0.96
2015	1.14
2016	1.12
2017	0.96
2018	1.25
2019	1.30
2020	1.14

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 0.057 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 0.699 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 1995.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.052
1966	0.091
1967	0.045
1969	0.035
1970	0.028
1971	0.021
1972	0.058
1973	0.013
1974	0.036
1975	0.045
1976	0.699
1977	0.026
1978	0.027
1979	0.044
1980	0.022
1981	0.016
1982	0.013
1983	0.028
1984	0.030
1985	0.019
1986	0.014
1987	0.023
1988	0.026
1989	0.035
1990	0.020
1991	0.037
1992	0.088
1993	0.067
1994	0.042
1995	0.002
1996	0.025
1997	0.021
1998	0.071
1999	0.032
2000	0.096
2001	0.050
2002	0.055
2003	0.019
2004	0.017
2005	0.024
2006	0.188
2007	0.228
2008	0.572
2009	0.380
2010	0.573
2011	0.177
2012	0.248
2013	0.042
2014	0.084
2015	0.060
2016	0.024
2017	0.055
2018	0.046
2019	0.036
2020	0.057

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 0.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.70 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 2019.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	5.40
1961	5.90
1962	4.17
1963	9.50
1964	9.48
1965	8.26
1966	7.79
1967	9.45
1968	9.85
1969	7.09
1970	4.84
1971	7.56
1972	7.06
1973	7.01
1974	12.64
1975	11.62
1976	8.64
1977	11.27
1978	8.84
1979	12.84
1980	26.70
1981	13.17
1982	10.74
1983	10.23
1984	8.86
1985	9.77
1986	13.28
1987	12.01
1988	11.40
1989	9.85
1990	10.93
1991	11.89
1992	8.50
1993	8.21
1994	13.18
1995	6.89
1996	4.19
1997	4.41
1998	2.62
1999	4.79
2000	5.63
2001	3.44
2002	3.92
2003	3.86
2004	5.87
2005	4.65
2006	2.60
2007	1.76
2008	3.21
2009	2.60
2010	3.60
2011	3.15
2012	3.25
2013	4.63
2014	2.41
2015	2.30
2016	1.68
2017	0.42
2018	0.17
2019	0.14
2020	0.20

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in El Salvador was $10,097,430,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $12,017,530,000 in 2019 and $108,400,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	$122,200,000
1961	$108,400,000
1962	$124,600,000
1963	$151,500,000
1964	$190,900,000
1965	$199,800,000
1966	$219,500,000
1967	$223,200,000
1968	$210,200,000
1969	$208,414,000
1970	$213,576,000
1971	$247,662,000
1972	$278,101,000
1973	$371,041,000
1974	$563,704,000
1975	$598,729,000
1976	$717,867,000
1977	$944,920,000
1978	$1,029,958,000
1979	$1,039,544,000
1980	$971,401,000
1981	$981,362,000
1982	$856,731,000
1983	$891,507,000
1984	$977,427,000
1985	$961,374,000
1986	$911,851,000
1987	$994,068,000
1988	$1,006,971,000
1989	$1,161,354,000
1990	$1,276,698,000
1991	$1,406,551,000
1992	$1,698,504,000
1993	$1,953,022,000
1994	$2,574,171,000
1995	$2,627,671,000
1996	$2,660,423,000
1997	$2,948,805,000
1998	$3,091,383,000
1999	$3,123,815,000
2000	$4,926,412,000
2001	$4,934,675,000
2002	$5,144,705,000
2003	$5,689,475,000
2004	$6,257,121,000
2005	$6,809,073,000
2006	$7,762,592,000
2007	$8,820,479,000
2008	$9,817,663,000
2009	$7,325,306,000
2010	$8,416,163,000
2011	$9,964,503,000
2012	$10,268,990,000
2013	$10,760,450,000
2014	$10,510,210,000
2015	$10,408,930,000
2016	$9,692,118,000
2017	$10,532,770,000
2018	$11,746,000,000
2019	$12,017,530,000
2020	$10,097,430,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 38.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.10 in 1982, while its lowest value was 13.26 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	13.26
1961	15.22
1962	19.74
1963	20.07
1964	22.32
1965	23.32
1966	26.33
1967	26.48
1968	33.73
1969	31.34
1970	30.47
1971	28.31
1972	30.07
1973	29.13
1974	25.82
1975	26.74
1976	27.19
1977	25.62
1978	27.48
1979	29.45
1980	35.14
1981	37.10
1982	40.10
1983	36.63
1984	37.35
1985	33.92
1986	27.07
1987	29.07
1988	30.60
1989	27.97
1990	26.09
1991	28.30
1992	27.45
1993	25.14
1994	22.22
1995	26.42
1996	29.53
1997	33.49
1998	32.71
1999	35.01
2000	26.51
2001	27.89
2002	27.84
2003	27.75
2004	27.84
2005	32.89
2006	33.34
2007	35.81
2008	35.57
2009	36.72
2010	34.39
2011	33.72
2012	34.85
2013	30.29
2014	30.49
2015	31.31
2016	33.49
2017	33.93
2018	33.22
2019	35.93
2020	38.22

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports