Services, value added in El Salvador
El Salvador: Services, value added was 1.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in El Salvador, 1966–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in El Salvador is 1.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 79.0% on the previous year and down 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in El Salvador peaked at 11.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -8.8%, in 1980.
El Salvador ranks 144th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.6% | 4 |
| 1970s | 4.1% | -2.7% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.2% | -8.8% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.6% | 0.7% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | -0.5% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 1.4% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | -6.8% | 11.1% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for El Salvador
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 10.03 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 10.03 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 4.49 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 4.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -2.50 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -2.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 5,374 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 5,410 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 34.21 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in El Salvador?
- Services, value added in El Salvador was 1.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 11.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was -8.8% in 1980.
- How does El Salvador rank for services, value added?
- El Salvador ranks 144th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.