El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans

El Salvador
332.06 million
in 2024
Sri Lanka
316.27 million
in 2024
El Salvador rank
76th
Sri Lanka rank
77th

Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sri Lanka
0500.0M1.0B1.5B196019922024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 332.06 million against 316.27 million in Sri Lanka, a difference of 15.79 million.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

El Salvador ranks 76th and Sri Lanka ranks 77th of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 51.89 million 86.12 million 34.23 million Sri Lanka
1970s 45.30 million 251.26 million 205.96 million Sri Lanka
1980s 509.40 million 546.47 million 37.07 million Sri Lanka
1990s 506.38 million 361.61 million 144.77 million El Salvador
2000s 307.33 million 476.40 million 169.07 million Sri Lanka
2010s 295.11 million 303.11 million 8.00 million Sri Lanka
2020s 295.78 million 313.17 million 17.39 million Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
El Salvador, at 332.06 million against 316.27 million in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
15.79 million, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans?
El Salvador ranks 76th and Sri Lanka ranks 77th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-aid-received-as-grants-and-concessional-loans/el-salvador/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/foreign-aid-received-as-grants-and-concessional-loans/el-salvador/sri-lanka/">El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 9,817 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed