Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in El Salvador
El Salvador: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.2696 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in El Salvador, 1997–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2025, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador stood at 0.2696.
That represents a change of up 16.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador peaked at 0.481 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.1577, in 2022.
El Salvador ranks 81st of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.3902 | — |
| 1998 | 0.4447 | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 0.481 | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3832 | -20.3% |
| 2001 | 0.341 | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3065 | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3316 | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2988 | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 0.2687 | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2461 | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2493 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.2589 | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4071 | +57.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3422 | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2513 | -26.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3096 | +23.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2555 | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2561 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2707 | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3295 | +21.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3377 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3114 | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3835 | +23.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3109 | -18.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2347 | -24.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1577 | -32.8% |
| 2023 | 0.1968 | +24.8% |
| 2024 | 0.232 | +17.9% |
| 2025 | 0.2696 | +16.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.2696 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 44% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.2696 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5234, 52% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4386 | 0.3902 | 0.481 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3091 | 0.2461 | 0.4071 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3047 | 0.2513 | 0.3835 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2336 | 0.1577 | 0.3109 | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in El Salvador was 0.2696 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.481 in 1999.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1577 in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- El Salvador ranks 81st out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data, published as part of Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The stock of international reserves is expressed as the number of months of financing-coverage it represents for the given country's imports of merchandise goods.