El Salvador: foreign debt as share of GDP 2000-2023

Published by
Jose Sanchez,
Sep 16, 2024

In 2023, the public debt that El Salvador's central government owed to foreign creditors equaled 32.6 percent of the country's GDP. The volume of external debt in relation to GDP increased in comparison with 2000, when the share stood at 20.4 percent.

External debt as percentage of gross domestic product in El Salvador from 2000 to 2023

CharacteristicForeign debt as share of GDP
2023 32.6%
2022 33.1%
2021 37.6%
2020 41.4%
2019 34.4%
2018 33.2%
2017 34.8%
2016 35.1%
2015 34.5%
2014 36.2%
2013 32.9%
2012 33.6%
2011 30.7%
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2024

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2000 to 2023

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Foreign debt held by the central government

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