El Salvador vs Guatemala
El Salvador vs Guatemala: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $4,735 in El Salvador and $4,688 in Guatemala, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in El Salvador, by $47, or 1.01 times that in Guatemala.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- El Salvador has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Guatemala.
- In 2025, El Salvador ranked 108 and Guatemala ranked 111 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | El Salvador | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,735 | $4,688 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $4,577 | $4,564 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $4,481 | $4,469 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $4,356 | $4,384 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $4,248 | $4,269 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $3,809 | $4,006 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $4,143 | $4,139 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $4,046 | $4,040 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $3,955 | $3,973 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $3,876 | $3,925 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $3,790 | $3,894 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $3,714 | $3,810 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $3,666 | $3,717 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $3,600 | $3,656 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $3,515 | $3,621 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $3,398 | $3,547 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $3,338 | $3,516 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $3,420 | $3,570 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $3,359 | $3,528 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $3,302 | $3,388 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $3,163 | $3,285 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $3,081 | $3,250 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $3,057 | $3,222 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $3,016 | $3,213 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $2,979 | $3,166 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $2,965 | $3,166 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $2,946 | $3,129 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $2,900 | $3,090 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $2,843 | $3,019 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $2,775 | $2,968 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $2,773 | $2,958 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $2,670 | $2,894 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $2,575 | $2,857 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $2,466 | $2,824 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $2,342 | $2,766 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $2,348 | $2,742 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $2,283 | $2,735 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $2,306 | $2,706 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $2,309 | $2,678 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $2,298 | $2,659 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $2,339 | $2,730 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $2,372 | $2,826 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $2,385 | $2,892 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $2,392 | $3,042 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $2,582 | $3,226 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $2,757 | $3,287 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $3,320 | $3,249 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $3,533 | $3,181 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $3,427 | $3,106 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $3,279 | $2,945 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $3,189 | $2,802 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $3,168 | $2,816 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $3,078 | $2,715 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $3,005 | $2,609 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $2,899 | $2,495 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $2,859 | $2,425 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $2,848 | $2,355 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $2,827 | $2,309 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $2,816 | $2,183 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $2,747 | $2,156 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $2,637 | $2,102 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $2,074 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $2,040 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $1,918 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $1,908 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $1,885 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
El Salvador vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyEl Salvador: 72.1 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEl Salvador: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEl Salvador: 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEl Salvador: 3.03% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateEl Salvador: 9.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEl Salvador: 6.31 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEl Salvador: 0.46% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEl Salvador: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEl Salvador: 75.5% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageEl Salvador: 27 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEl Salvador: 8% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEl Salvador: -3.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEl Salvador: 1.34% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEl Salvador: $489M in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personEl Salvador: $77 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEl Salvador: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEl Salvador: 42,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerEl Salvador: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEl Salvador: 1.62% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEl Salvador: 3 million TIV in 2025Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023