El Salvador recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 3.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in El Salvador averaged -1.50 percent of GDP from 1990 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 3.30 percent of GDP in 1992 and a record low of -9.11 percent of GDP in 2020. source: Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador

Government Budget in El Salvador is expected to reach -1.80 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the El Salvador Government Budget is projected to trend around -1.50 percent of GDP in 2026 and -1.20 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.



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Credit Rating 23.00 Jan 2026
Fiscal Expenditure 8770.00 7830.40 USD Million Dec 2024
Government Budget -3.30 -2.26 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Budget Value -1167.30 -764.60 USD Million Dec 2024
Government Debt to GDP 61.13 59.38 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Revenues 7602.70 7065.80 USD Million Dec 2024
Government Spending 6780.14 6453.80 USD Million Dec 2024
Holidays
Military Expenditure 425.20 454.80 USD Million Dec 2024


El Salvador Government Budget
The Government Budget to GDP ratio is an itemized accounting of the payments received by the government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by the government (purchases and transfer payments) relative to GDP. A budget deficit occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-3.30 -2.26 3.30 -9.11 1990 - 2024 percent of GDP Yearly