El Salvador recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 59.08 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. Government Debt to GDP in El Salvador averaged 58.50 percent of GDP from 1991 until 2024, 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 55.00 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 Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 52.00 percent of GDP in 2026 and 50.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.



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Credit Rating 25.00 Feb 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 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
61.13 59.38 90.78 36.23 1991 - 2024 percent of GDP Yearly