El Salvador: Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, El Salvador's grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) rose 21% on 2022 (from US$208.69 million to US$252.5 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +11.7% and a typical year strayed about 54.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 612.9% in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 85.8% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$14.86 million a year. A straight line explains 40% 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 2023, El Salvador had the 76th highest value of the 136 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 2023 ranking

• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 72nd of 136: US$287.55 million
• Gambia, The — 73rd of 136: US$285.75 million
• Albania — 74th of 136: US$268.5 million
• Timor-Leste — 76th of 136: US$221.69 million
• Armenia — 77th of 136: US$208.58 million
• Thailand — 78th of 136: US$203.79 million

What this measures

Grants are transfers made in cash, goods or services for which no repayment is required. For ODA reporting purposes, they also include forgiveness of non-military debt, support to non-governmental organisations, certain interest subsidies, and certain costs incurred in the implementation of aid. Grants to multilateral agencies intended to soften the terms of the latter’s lending are a direct resource outflow and should also be recorded as ODA grants. For OOF reporting purposes, grants for commercial purposes such as subsidies to national private investors, and grants to forgive military debt, are also included. Grant-like flows are assimilated to grants. They comprise a) loans for which the service payments are to be made into an account in the borrowing country and used in the borrowing country for its own benefit, and b) provision of commodities for sale in the recipient’s currency the proceeds of which are used in the recipient country for its own benefit. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

All 64 values

Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — US$5.41 million (2021)
• Argentina — US$125.27 million (2023)
• Belize — US$24.19 million (2023)
• Bolivia — US$182.18 million (2023)
• Brazil — US$332 million (2023)
• Chile — US$25.35 million (2017)
• Colombia — US$991.36 million (2023)
• Costa Rica — US$68 million (2023)
• Cuba — US$139.62 million (2023)

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$4.56 billion (2025)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — 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$498.81 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is El Salvador's grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$)?

US$252.5 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 24,900% from US$1.01 million in 1960 (9.16% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$614.66 million in 1993 and the lowest US$1.01 million in 1960.

How does El Salvador rank?

76th highest of 136 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) unusual for El Salvador?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GRT.EXTA.CD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: DAC2A: Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: DSD_DAC2@DF_DAC2A, note: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows, Developm… 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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