Foreign liabilities in El Salvador

El Salvador: Foreign liabilities was 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
97th
of 149 countries
All-time high
28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$
in 2020
All-time low
5.54 billion real chained 2019 US$
in 1995
Years of data
26
1995–2020

Foreign liabilities in El Salvador, 1995–2020

5.0B10.0B15.0B20.0B25.0B30.0B1995200720201995: 5.5B real chained 2019 US$1996: 7.5B real chained 2019 US$1997: 8.3B real chained 2019 US$1998: 9.7B real chained 2019 US$1999: 11.0B real chained 2019 US$2000: 11.5B real chained 2019 US$2001: 12.6B real chained 2019 US$2002: 14.4B real chained 2019 US$2003: 16.2B real chained 2019 US$2004: 16.5B real chained 2019 US$2005: 17.4B real chained 2019 US$2006: 18.4B real chained 2019 US$2007: 19.0B real chained 2019 US$2008: 18.5B real chained 2019 US$2009: 20.0B real chained 2019 US$2010: 20.7B real chained 2019 US$2011: 20.3B real chained 2019 US$2012: 22.6B real chained 2019 US$2013: 22.9B real chained 2019 US$2014: 23.9B real chained 2019 US$2015: 24.3B real chained 2019 US$2016: 25.7B real chained 2019 US$2017: 26.7B real chained 2019 US$2018: 26.2B real chained 2019 US$2019: 28.4B real chained 2019 US$2020: 28.9B real chained 2019 US$

Source: World Bank. Measured in real chained 2019 US$.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ for foreign liabilities in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign liabilities in El Salvador peaked at 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.54 billion real chained 2019 US$, in 1995.

El Salvador ranks 97th of 149 countries on this measure, 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 8.40 billion real chained 2019 US$ 5.54 billion real chained 2019 US$ 10.98 billion real chained 2019 US$ 5
2000s 16.45 billion real chained 2019 US$ 11.52 billion real chained 2019 US$ 20.04 billion real chained 2019 US$ 10
2010s 24.17 billion real chained 2019 US$ 20.33 billion real chained 2019 US$ 28.35 billion real chained 2019 US$ 10
2020s 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ 1

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  3. 96 Uganda 29.61 billion real chained 2019 US$ compare
  4. 98 Zambia 28.47 billion real chained 2019 US$ compare
  5. 99 Honduras 28.43 billion real chained 2019 US$ compare
  6. 100 Democratic Republic of Congo 27.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign liabilities in El Salvador?
Foreign liabilities in El Salvador was 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest foreign liabilities recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 28.91 billion real chained 2019 US$ in 2020.
What is the lowest foreign liabilities recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 5.54 billion real chained 2019 US$ in 1995.
How does El Salvador rank for foreign liabilities?
El Salvador ranks 97th out of 149 countries with data for 2020.
Is foreign liabilities rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. 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 (real chained 2019 US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign liabilities (real chained 2019 US$)
Unit
real chained 2019 US$
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
150 places, 3,820 data points, 1995–2020
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