El Salvador's GNI (current LCU) was 34.21 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 53.1% from 22.35 billion in 2015 (4.35% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 34.21 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 23.54 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 22.35 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 34.21 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 869.92 million | 1965 |
| Average since 2016 | 27.57 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 869.92 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, El Salvador's GNI (current LCU) rose 4.9% on 2024 (from 32.62 billion to 34.21 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.1% and a typical year strayed about 4.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 26% in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.8% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.31 billion a year. A straight line explains 90% 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 2025, El Salvador had the 153rd highest value of the 181 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 2025 ranking
- Latvia — 150th of 181: 42.66 billion
- Estonia — 151st of 181: 41.04 billion
- Seychelles — 152nd of 181: 34.25 billion
- Cyprus — 154th of 181: 32.42 billion
- São Tomé and Principe — 155th of 181: 23.04 billion
- Malta — 156th of 181: 22.09 billion
What this measures
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. 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.
All 61 values
| Year | GNI (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 34,211,410,000 |
| 2024 | 32,621,800,000 |
| 2023 | 31,426,460,000 |
| 2022 | 29,922,820,000 |
| 2021 | 27,355,140,000 |
| 2020 | 23,543,810,000 |
| 2019 | 25,540,030,000 |
| 2018 | 24,550,760,000 |
| 2017 | 23,591,570,000 |
| 2016 | 22,945,050,000 |
| 2015 |
GNI (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 6.11 billion (2025)
- Argentina — 830.37 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 7.05 billion (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 15.2 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 15.38 billion (2025)
- Belize — 6.32 billion (2025)
- Bolivia — 435.77 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 12.32 trillion (2025)
- Cayman Islands — 5.23 billion (2024)
- Chile — 321.58 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 1,821.8 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 47.14 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for El Salvador
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$4.82 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$4.56 billion (2025)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$252.5 million (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$35.19 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan (current US$) — US$41.44 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$362.85 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United States (current US$) — US$154.63 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$498.81 million (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is El Salvador's GNI (current LCU)?
- 34.21 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 3,833% from 869.92 million in 1965 (6.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 34.21 billion in 2025 and the lowest 869.92 million in 1965.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 153rd highest of 181 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GNI (current LCU) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2025, El Salvador's GNI (current LCU) rose 4.9% on 2024 (from 32.62 billion to 34.21 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.1% and a typical year strayed about 4.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNP.MKTP.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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