El Salvador's gross savings (current LCU) was 8.37 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 189.57% from 2.89 billion in 2015 (11.22% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.37 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.56 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.89 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 8.37 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 240.64 million | 1981 |
| Average since 2016 | 5.25 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 441.16 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, El Salvador's gross savings (current LCU) rose 38.2% on 2024 (from 6.05 billion to 8.37 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 13.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 64.9% in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.6% in 1981. 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 453.69 million a year. A straight line explains 87% 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 92nd highest value of the 100 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
What this measures
Savings is an amount that represents the part of disposable income (adjusted for the change in pension entitlements) that is not spent on final consumption. Gross savings are calculated as gross national income less total consumption, plus net transfers. 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 50 values
| Year | Gross savings (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,365,959,632 |
| 2024 | 6,054,078,342 |
| 2023 | 5,792,103,777 |
| 2022 | 6,076,554,877 |
| 2021 | 5,612,293,834 |
| 2020 | 4,558,821,169 |
| 2019 | 4,893,843,719 |
| 2018 | 4,057,004,644 |
| 2017 | 3,754,758,584 |
| 2016 | 3,311,842,583 |
| 2015 |
Gross savings (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 113.8 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 931 million (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 3.04 billion (2024)
- Belize — 1.3 billion (2024)
- Bolivia — 52.26 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 1.84 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 77.56 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 244.29 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 7.04 trillion (2025)
- Dominican Republic — 1.84 trillion (2025)
- Ecuador — 35.43 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 savings (current LCU)?
- 8.37 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is up 1,796% from 441.16 million in 1976 (6.19% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8.37 billion in 2025 and the lowest 240.64 million in 1981.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 92nd highest of 100 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross savings (current LCU) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2025, El Salvador's gross savings (current LCU) rose 38.2% on 2024 (from 6.05 billion to 8.37 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 13.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNS.ICTR.CN, 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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