El Salvador recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 61.47 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Government Debt to GDP in El Salvador averaged 58.62 percent of GDP from 1991 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 90.78 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of 36.23 percent of GDP in 1998. source: Consejo Monetario Centroamericano

Government Debt to GDP in El Salvador is expected to reach 52.00 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the El Salvador Government Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 50.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Credit Rating 25.00 May 2026
Fiscal Expenditure 10572.90 9585.90 USD Million Dec 2025
Government Budget -3.43 -3.30 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Government Budget Value 1083.70 -1820.60 USD Million Dec 2025
Government Debt to GDP 61.47 61.96 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Government Revenues 9489.30 7765.20 USD Million Dec 2025
Government Spending 6024.86 6249.87 USD Million Dec 2025
Holidays
Military Expenditure 490.00 490.60 USD Million Dec 2025


El Salvador Government Debt to GDP
Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
61.47 61.96 90.78 36.23 1991 - 2025 percent of GDP Yearly