El Salvador's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) was 8.85 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 186.4% from 3.09 billion in 2015 (11.1% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.85 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.73 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.09 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 8.85 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 535.99 million | 1990 |
| Average since 2016 | 5.18 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 535.99 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, El Salvador's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) rose 25.3% on 2024 (from 7.06 billion to 8.85 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 12.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 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 45.4% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.7% 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 590.68 million a year. A straight line explains 91% 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 40th highest value of the 42 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
- Sierra Leone — 37th of 42: 22 billion
- Croatia — 38th of 42: 18.33 billion
- Puerto Rico (US) — 39th of 42: 16.73 billion
- Brunei Darussalam — 41st of 42: 5.03 billion
- Seychelles — 42nd of 42: 4.93 billion
What this measures
Private investment covers outlays by the private sector (including private nonprofit agencies) on additions to its fixed domestic assets. Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. 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 36 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,848,940,000 |
| 2024 | 7,061,730,000 |
| 2023 | 6,473,810,000 |
| 2022 | 5,826,300,000 |
| 2021 | 5,429,190,000 |
| 2020 | 3,733,740,000 |
| 2019 | 4,129,270,000 |
| 2018 | 3,774,830,000 |
| 2017 | 3,360,300,000 |
| 2016 | 3,152,150,000 |
Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Chile — 76.24 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 7.22 trillion (2025)
- Dominican Republic — 1.74 trillion (2023)
- Ecuador — 18.61 billion (2023)
- Guatemala — 144.11 billion (2025)
- Haiti — 463.8 billion (2025)
- Honduras — 203.88 billion (2025)
- Mexico — 6.77 trillion (2025)
- Nicaragua — 123.04 billion (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 gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU)?
- 8.85 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 1,551% from 535.99 million in 1990 (8.34% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8.85 billion in 2025 and the lowest 535.99 million in 1990.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 40th highest of 42 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2025, El Salvador's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) rose 25.3% on 2024 (from 7.06 billion to 8.85 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 12.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 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.FPRV.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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