Expense in El Salvador

El Salvador: Expense was 9.37 billion current LCU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
9.37 billion current LCU
Change on year
up 7.3%
World rank
135th
of 157 countries
All-time high
9.37 billion current LCU
in 2023
All-time low
1.31 billion current LCU
in 1998
Years of data
26
1998–2023

Expense in El Salvador, 1998–2023

2.0B4.0B6.0B8.0B10.0B1998201020231998: 1.3B current LCU1999: 1.6B current LCU2000: 1.8B current LCU2001: 2.8B current LCU2002: 2.6B current LCU2003: 2.3B current LCU2004: 2.7B current LCU2005: 3.0B current LCU2006: 3.6B current LCU2007: 3.5B current LCU2008: 4.1B current LCU2009: 4.6B current LCU2010: 4.5B current LCU2011: 5.0B current LCU2012: 4.9B current LCU2013: 5.1B current LCU2014: 5.1B current LCU2015: 5.3B current LCU2016: 5.6B current LCU2017: 6.2B current LCU2018: 6.4B current LCU2019: 6.7B current LCU2020: 8.5B current LCU2021: 8.6B current LCU2022: 8.7B current LCU2023: 9.4B current LCU

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

The most recent figure for expense in El Salvador is 9.37 billion current LCU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 85.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, expense in El Salvador peaked at 9.37 billion current LCU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.31 billion current LCU, in 1998.

El Salvador ranks 135th of 157 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.46 billion current LCU 1.31 billion current LCU 1.61 billion current LCU 2
2000s 3.09 billion current LCU 1.77 billion current LCU 4.55 billion current LCU 10
2010s 5.48 billion current LCU 4.45 billion current LCU 6.66 billion current LCU 10
2020s 8.78 billion current LCU 8.46 billion current LCU 9.37 billion current LCU 4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 132 Panama 11.55 billion current LCU compare
  2. 133 Jordan 10.31 billion current LCU compare
  3. 134 Kuwait 10.18 billion current LCU compare
  4. 136 Malta 7.05 billion current LCU compare
  5. 137 Palestine 4.74 billion current LCU compare
  6. 138 Bahrain 3.52 billion current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 157 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is expense in El Salvador?
Expense in El Salvador was 9.37 billion current LCU in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest expense recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 9.37 billion current LCU in 2023.
What is the lowest expense recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 1.31 billion current LCU in 1998.
How does El Salvador rank for expense?
El Salvador ranks 135th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
Is expense rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 85.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Expense (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Expense (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
157 places, 4,452 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. 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.