El Salvador PPI Slows in August

Producer prices in El Salvador rose 3.52% year-on-year in August 2026, easing slightly from a 3.54% increase in July. The slowdown was largely driven by lower price growth in manufacturing (3% vs. 3.14% in July) and transport and warehousing (4.59% vs. 8.35%). Meanwhile, prices rose at a faster pace for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (23.38% vs. 23.05%), lodging and food services (2.62% vs. 2.02%), real estate (4.18% vs. 1.77%) and professional, scientific and technical activities (1.56% vs. 1.43%). Information and telecommunications prices were unchanged, while education slowed to 1.80% from 2.82%. Producer prices continued to decline for water supply, sewerage and waste management (-0.15%), while healthcare prices fell 2.39% from 2.49% in July.

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.