El Salvador's exports rose from US$2.03B in 1996 to US$11.8B in 2025.
El Salvador · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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El Salvador's imports rose from US$3.27B in 1996 to US$20.6B in 2025.
El Salvador's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$1.79B in 1996 to US$6.43B in 2025.
El Salvador's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$3.22B in 1996 to US$17.8B in 2025.
El Salvador's services exports rose from US$628M in 1996 to US$6.21B in 2025.
El Salvador's trade balance fell from US$-1.25B in 1996 to US$-8.83B in 2025.
El Salvador's current account balance (us$) fell from US$-169M in 1996 to US$-1.3B in 2025.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −0.6 pts78th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +3.1 pts42nd of 138
- Trade opennessup +2.5 pts60th of 138
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- Current accountdown −0.8 pts72nd of 101
- FDI inflowsdown −0.9 pts43rd of 97
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- High-tech exportsdown −0.9 pts77th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.3 pts60th of 127
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)up +1.3 pts43rd of 131
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)down −1.3 pts35th of 131
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.2 pts105th of 130
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- Net barter terms of trade indexdown −2.2 pts145th of 203
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- Tariffsup +0.3 pts87th of 143
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- FDI outflowsdown −0.0 pts34th of 91
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +4.7 %78th of 138