El Salvador's gross capital formation (current LCU) was 9.67 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 157.48% from 3.75 billion in 2015 (9.92% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.67 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.29 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.75 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 9.67 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 116.52 million | 1968 |
| Average since 2016 | 6.05 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 133.24 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, El Salvador's gross capital formation (current LCU) rose 37.7% on 2024 (from 7.02 billion to 9.67 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.3% and a typical year strayed about 16.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 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 58.1% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 31.8% in 2009. 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 578.62 million a year. A straight line explains 83% 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 120th highest value of the 130 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
- Djibouti — 117th of 130: 12.74 billion
- Latvia — 118th of 130: 10.35 billion
- Estonia — 119th of 130: 10.34 billion
- Cyprus — 121st of 130: 7.03 billion
- Seychelles — 122nd of 130: 6.58 billion
- Brunei Darussalam — 123rd of 130: 5.33 billion
What this measures
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. 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 | Gross capital formation (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,666,020,000 |
| 2024 | 7,018,500,000 |
| 2023 | 7,215,720,000 |
| 2022 | 7,799,130,000 |
| 2021 | 6,783,000,000 |
| 2020 | 4,289,340,000 |
| 2019 | 4,931,290,000 |
| 2018 | 4,780,430,000 |
| 2017 | 4,165,770,000 |
| 2016 | 3,862,770,000 |
Gross capital formation (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 136.58 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 1.92 billion (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 4.24 billion (2024)
- Belize — 1.27 billion (2024)
- Bolivia — 68.06 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 2.18 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 81.79 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 309.96 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 8.18 trillion (2025)
- Cuba — 262.66 billion (2024)
- Curaçao
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 gross capital formation (current LCU)?
- 9.67 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 7,155% from 133.24 million in 1965 (7.4% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 9.67 billion in 2025 and the lowest 116.52 million in 1968.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 120th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross capital formation (current LCU) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2025, El Salvador's gross capital formation (current LCU) rose 37.7% on 2024 (from 7.02 billion to 9.67 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.3% and a typical year strayed about 16.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 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 NE.GDI.TOTL.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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