El Salvador: Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, El Salvador's manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) rose 2% on 2024 (from US$3.71 billion to US$3.78 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.2% and a typical year strayed about 4.2% 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 11.7% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.9% in 1980. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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 81st 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 2025 ranking

• Senegal — 78th of 136: US$4.26 billion
• Honduras — 79th of 136: US$4.2 billion
• Luxembourg — 80th of 136: US$3.8 billion
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 82nd of 136: US$3.77 billion
• Panama — 83rd of 136: US$3.64 billion
• Latvia — 84th of 136: US$3.55 billion

What this measures

Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 61 values

Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — US$40.65 million (2025)
• Argentina — US$73.55 billion (2025)
• Aruba — US$123.72 million (2023)
• Bahamas, The — US$29.13 million (2024)
• Barbados — US$321.87 million (2024)
• Belize — US$175.51 million (2025)
• Bolivia — US$4.13 billion (2024)
• Brazil — US$187.91 billion (2025)
• Cayman Islands — US$44.64 million (2024)
• Chile

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)

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Questions people ask

What is El Salvador's manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$)?

US$3.78 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1965?

It is up 113.09% from US$1.77 billion in 1965 (1.27% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.04 billion in 2019 and the lowest US$1.77 billion in 1965.

How does El Salvador rank?

81st highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) unusual for El Salvador?

In 2025, El Salvador's manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) rose 2% on 2024 (from US$3.71 billion to US$3.78 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.2% and a typical year strayed about 4.2% 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.KD, 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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