Broad money in El Salvador
El Salvador: Broad money was 23.57 billion current LCU in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Broad money in El Salvador, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 23.57 billion current LCU for broad money in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% on the previous year and up 100.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in El Salvador peaked at 23.57 billion current LCU in 2025 and was at its lowest, 110.40 million current LCU, in 1960.
That places El Salvador 136th out of 166 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 165.69 million current LCU | 110.40 million current LCU | 224.74 million current LCU | 10 |
| 1970s | 557.93 million current LCU | 238.19 million current LCU | 978.27 million current LCU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.40 billion current LCU | 1.03 billion current LCU | 2.00 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.60 billion current LCU | 1.39 billion current LCU | 5.95 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.60 billion current LCU | 6.05 billion current LCU | 10.76 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.14 billion current LCU | 10.56 billion current LCU | 15.88 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.66 billion current LCU | 17.29 billion current LCU | 23.57 billion current LCU | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.13 billion current LCU compare
- 134 Sierra Leone 38.15 billion current LCU compare
- 135 Seychelles 29.77 billion current LCU compare
- 137 Papua New Guinea 22.31 billion current LCU compare
- 138 Eswatini 22.03 billion current LCU compare
- 139 Panama 19.60 billion current LCU compare
More financial sector data for El Salvador
- Domestic credit to private sector 64.4% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 47.6% (2025)
- Broad money 64.2% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 55.0% (2025)
- Net foreign assets 3.90 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net domestic credit 24.71 billion current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 2.45 (2025)
- Net migration -23,934 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 55.0% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 1 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in El Salvador?
- Broad money in El Salvador was 23.57 billion current LCU in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 23.57 billion current LCU in 2025.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 110.40 million current LCU in 1960.
- How does El Salvador rank for broad money?
- El Salvador ranks 136th out of 166 countries with data for 2025.
- Is broad money rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.