El Salvador's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) was 31.52% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.29 percentage points from 40.81% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31.52% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 38.17% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 40.81% | 2015 |
| Highest | 56.59% | 1996 |
| Lowest | 28.3% | 1982 |
| Average since 2016 | 36.06% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 38.64% | 1976 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, El Salvador's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 1.57 percentage points on 2024 (from 29.95% to 31.52%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.68 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.42 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 13.52 percentage points in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.23 percentage points in 1997. 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 13% 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 54th highest value of the 134 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 | 31.52% | 2025 |
| World | 18.72% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 27.95% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 23.06% | 2025 |
Closest to El Salvador in the 2025 ranking
- Belize — 50th of 134: 31.91%
- Peru — 51st of 134: 31.83%
- Mozambique — 52nd of 134: 31.78%
- Singapore — 54th of 134: 31.32%
- Bulgaria — 55th of 134: 30.55%
- Slovak Republic — 56th of 134: 30.16%
What this measures
Transport services covers the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 50 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.52 |
| 2024 | 29.95 |
| 2023 | 33.37 |
| 2022 | 41.94 |
| 2021 | 41.38 |
| 2020 | 38.17 |
| 2019 | 35.83 |
| 2018 | 36.89 |
| 2017 | 35.6 |
| 2016 | 35.95 |
| 2015 |
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 21.26% (2025)
- Argentina — 19.91% (2025)
- Aruba — 14.31% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 21.66% (2024)
- Barbados — 15.75% (2017)
- Belize — 31.91% (2025)
- Bolivia — 33.7% (2025)
- Brazil — 20.63% (2025)
- Chile — 35.06% (2025)
- Colombia — 24.49% (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 transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 31.52% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is down 7.12 percentage points from 38.64% in 1976. The highest value was 56.59% in 1996 and the lowest 28.3% in 1982.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 54th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2025, El Salvador's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 1.57 percentage points on 2024 (from 29.95% to 31.52%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.68 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.42 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 BM.GSR.TRAN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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