El Salvador's gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) was 123.62 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 24.33% from 99.42 in 2015 (2.2% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 123.62 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 104.14 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 99.42 | 2015 |
| Highest | 124.24 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 36.51 | 1990 |
| Average since 2016 | 111.76 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 36.51 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, El Salvador's gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) rose 0.6% on 2024 (from 122.91 to 123.62).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.3% and a typical year strayed about 2.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 8.7% in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.1% in 2024. 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 3.25 a year. A straight line explains 89% 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 83rd highest value of the 122 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
- Ireland — 79th of 122: 123.96
- Germany — 80th of 122: 123.92
- Mozambique — 81st of 122: 123.82
- Niger — 83rd of 122: 123.56
- Luxembourg — 84th of 122: 122.98
- Portugal — 85th of 122: 122.82
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. A deflator is the ratio of an indicator in current prices over the same series in constant prices. The base year varies by country.
All 36 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 123.62 |
| 2024 | 122.91 |
| 2023 | 124.24 |
| 2022 | 121.91 |
| 2021 | 112.42 |
| 2020 | 104.14 |
| 2019 | 104.09 |
| 2018 | 103.88 |
| 2017 | 101.11 |
| 2016 | 99.25 |
| 2015 |
Gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 107,789 (2025)
- Bahamas, The — 112.22 (2024)
- Belize — 118.19 (2024)
- Bolivia — 113.17 (2024)
- Brazil — 272.81 (2025)
- Chile — 147.71 (2025)
- Colombia — 172.95 (2025)
- Costa Rica — 97.48 (2025)
- Cuba — 2,973 (2024)
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 national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country)?
- 123.62 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 238.62% from 36.51 in 1990 (3.55% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 124.24 in 2023 and the lowest 36.51 in 1990.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 83rd highest of 122 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2025, El Salvador's gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) rose 0.6% on 2024 (from 122.91 to 123.62). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.3% and a typical year strayed about 2.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 NE.DAB.DEFL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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