El Salvador's PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$) was US$257.21 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 67.02% from US$780 million in 2014 (10.5% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$257.21 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$201.54 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$780 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$1.25 billion | 2002 |
| Lowest | −US$613.6 million | 2022 |
| Average since 2017 | US$83.64 million | 2017–2024 |
| First recorded | US$2.91 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, El Salvador's PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$) rose US$861.34 million on 2023 (from −US$604.13 million to US$257.21 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1975 to 2023), the average change was −US$48.26 million and a typical year strayed about US$412.93 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$898 million in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was US$903 million in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2017 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 24% of the movement over 8 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 2024, El Salvador had the 22nd highest value of the 59 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | US$257.21 million | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$29.75 billion | 2024 |
Closest to El Salvador in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Public and publicly guaranteed debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 32 values
| Year | PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 257,208,000 |
| 2023 | -604,130,000 |
| 2022 | -613,603,000 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2020 | 839,000,000 |
| 2019 | 201,542,000 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2017 | 589,115,000 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 |
PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$3.71 billion (2024)
- Belize — −US$5.77 million (2024)
- Bolivia — US$0 (2024)
- Brazil — US$4.99 billion (2024)
- Colombia — US$4.06 billion (2024)
- Dominica — −US$9.78 million (2024)
- Dominican Republic — US$1.45 billion (2024)
- Ecuador — −US$1.04 billion (2024)
- Grenada — −US$5.28 million (2024)
- Guatemala — US$1.4 billion (2024)
- Guyana — US$0 (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for El Salvador
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — 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$498.81 million (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is El Salvador's PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$)?
- US$257.21 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is up 8,745% from US$2.91 million in 1972 (9% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.25 billion in 2002 and the lowest −US$613.6 million in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 22nd highest of 59 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2024, El Salvador's PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$) rose US$861.34 million on 2023 (from −US$604.13 million to US$257.21 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1975 to 2023), the average change was −US$48.26 million and a typical year strayed about US$412.93 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.PBND.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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