El Salvador Producer Price Growth Accelerates

Producer prices in El Salvador rose 3.5% year-on-year in July 2026, accelerating from a 3.2% increase in the previous month. The pickup was largely driven by higher electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning costs (23% vs. 15.2% in June). Prices for transport and warehousing also rose sharply (8.35% vs. 8.71%), albeit at a slower pace than in June, amid disruptions to oil and gas supplies in the Middle East due to the US-Iran conflict. Prices rose at a faster pace for manufacturing (3.1% vs. 2.8%), lodging and food services (2% vs. 1.9%) and real estate (1.8% vs. 1.7%). Meanwhile, producer prices continued to decline for water supply, sewerage and waste management (-0.15% vs. -0.15%) and swung to deflation in healthcare (-0.1% vs. 3.8%).

Producer prices in El Salvador rose 3.2% year-on-year in June 2026, accelerating from a 2.8% increase in the previous month. The pickup was largely driven by higher costs for transport and warehousing (8.7% vs. 3.2%) and electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning (15.2% vs. 10.3%). The increases reflected higher energy costs amid disruptions to oil and gas supplies in the Middle East due to the US-Iran conflict. Prices also rose at a faster pace for manufacturing (2.8% vs. 2.3%), real estate (1.7% vs. 1.4%), professional, scientific, and technical activities (1.4% vs. 1.0%), and education (2.6%). Meanwhile, producer prices continued to decline for water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities, falling 0.15%, unchanged from the previous month.

Producer prices in El Salvador rose by 2.78% year-on-year in May 2026, accelerating from a 1.59% increase in the previous month. The pickup was largely driven by higher costs for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (10.34% vs 1.70% in April), activities of administrative and support services (5.20% vs 4.62%), healthcare and social assistance (4.44%, unchanged), transport and storage (3.22% vs 3.26%), and accommodation and food services (2.59% vs 2.20%). Producer prices continued to decline for information and telecommunications (-0.07%, unchanged), while water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities also remained in negative territory (-0.15% vs 0.01%). Other notable increases were recorded in real estate activities (1.36% vs 0.81%) and other service activities (3.80% vs 2.23%).