Foreign liabilities in El Salvador

El Salvador: Foreign liabilities was 28.80 billion current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
28.80 billion current US$
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
100th
of 150 countries
All-time high
28.80 billion current US$
in 2020
All-time low
2.94 billion current US$
in 1995
Years of data
26
1995–2020

Foreign liabilities in El Salvador, 1995–2020

010.0B20.0B30.0B1995200720201995: 2.9B current US$1996: 4.4B current US$1997: 5.0B current US$1998: 6.1B current US$1999: 6.9B current US$2000: 7.4B current US$2001: 8.4B current US$2002: 9.8B current US$2003: 11.2B current US$2004: 11.9B current US$2005: 13.2B current US$2006: 14.5B current US$2007: 15.7B current US$2008: 16.3B current US$2009: 17.8B current US$2010: 18.7B current US$2011: 19.2B current US$2012: 21.7B current US$2013: 22.2B current US$2014: 23.4B current US$2015: 23.6B current US$2016: 25.2B current US$2017: 26.4B current US$2018: 26.1B current US$2019: 28.4B current US$2020: 28.8B current US$

Source: World Bank. Measured in current US$.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 28.80 billion current US$ for foreign liabilities in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 54.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign liabilities in El Salvador peaked at 28.80 billion current US$ in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.94 billion current US$, in 1995.

That places El Salvador 100th out of 150 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5.06 billion current US$ 2.94 billion current US$ 6.89 billion current US$ 5
2000s 12.61 billion current US$ 7.39 billion current US$ 17.81 billion current US$ 10
2010s 23.49 billion current US$ 18.65 billion current US$ 28.35 billion current US$ 10
2020s 28.80 billion current US$ 28.80 billion current US$ 28.80 billion current US$ 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign liabilities in El Salvador?
Foreign liabilities in El Salvador was 28.80 billion current US$ in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest foreign liabilities recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 28.80 billion current US$ in 2020.
What is the lowest foreign liabilities recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 2.94 billion current US$ in 1995.
How does El Salvador rank for foreign liabilities?
El Salvador ranks 100th out of 150 countries with data for 2020.
Is foreign liabilities rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 54.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Foreign liabilities (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign liabilities (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
151 places, 3,851 data points, 1995–2020
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