El Salvador: Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, El Salvador's depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) rose 188.01 on 2023 (from 923.15 to 1,111).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was +8.67 and a typical year strayed about 104.83 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 240.96 in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 264.73 in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 22.34 a year. A straight line explains 46% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, El Salvador had the 32nd highest value of the 74 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to El Salvador in the 2024 ranking

• Kuwait — 29th of 74: 1,252
• Eswatini — 30th of 74: 1,220
• Bangladesh — 31st of 74: 1,143
• Israel — 33rd of 74: 1,098
• Georgia — 34th of 74: 1,091
• Namibia — 35th of 74: 1,056

What this measures

Depositors with commercial banks are the reported number of deposit account holders, including both resident non-financial corporations (both public and private) and individuals from the household sector, at commercial banks within the reporting jurisdiction for every 1,000 adults. The major types of deposits are checking accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits.

Limitations: For many countries data cover the total number of deposit accounts due to lack of information on account holders.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 16 values

Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) in nearby economies

• Belize — 785.73 (2024)
• Brazil — 954.94 (2024)
• Colombia — 1,803 (2024)
• Costa Rica — 1,958 (2024)
• Dominican Republic — 895.77 (2024)
• Ecuador — 761.08 (2024)
• Haiti — 257.05 (2020)
• Nicaragua — 483.83 (2024)
• Paraguay — 1,403 (2024)
• Peru

More financial sector data for El Salvador

• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 24.71 billion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 3.9 billion (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 23.57 billion (2025)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 4.89 (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 129.31 (2025)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 0.26% (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$1 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$1 (2025)
• Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money) — -1.66% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is El Salvador's depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)?

1,111 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is up 38.6% from 801.72 in 2009 (2.2% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,111 in 2024 and the lowest 536.99 in 2010.

How does El Salvador rank?

32nd highest of 74 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) unusual for El Salvador?

In 2024, El Salvador's depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults) rose 188.01 on 2023 (from 923.15 to 1,111). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was +8.67 and a typical year strayed about 104.83 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FB.CBK.DPTR.P3, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Financial Access Survey, International Monetary Fund (IMF), uri: https://data.imf.org/en/datasets/IMF.STA:FAS Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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