El Salvador
Inflation in El Salvador
Inflation in El Salvador: 17.4% a year in 1980 and 0.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0.3% a year
- Since 1980
- −17.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 163 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 1.8% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 1.8% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 32% a year in 1986, the lowest -0.7% a year in 2015.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | El Salvador |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7.2 |
| 2021 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | -0.4 |
| 2019 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0.6 |
| 2015 | -0.7 |
| 2014 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | 0.8 |
| 2012 | 1.7 |
| 2011 | 5.1 |
| 2010 | 1.2 |
| 2009 | 0.5 |
| 2008 | 7.3 |
| 2007 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4.7 |
| 2004 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 2.1 |
| 2002 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 3.7 |
| 2000 | 2.3 |
| 1999 | 0.5 |
| 1998 | 2.5 |
| 1997 | 4.5 |
| 1996 | 9.8 |
| 1995 | 10 |
| 1994 | 10.6 |
| 1993 | 18.5 |
| 1992 | 11.2 |
| 1991 | 14.4 |
| 1990 | 28.3 |
| 1989 | 17.7 |
| 1988 | 19.8 |
| 1987 | 24.9 |
| 1986 | 32 |
| 1985 | 22.3 |
| 1984 | 11.7 |
| 1983 | 13.1 |
| 1982 | 11.7 |
| 1981 | 14.8 |
| 1980 | 17.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | El Salvador |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 |
| 2027 | 2.1 |
| 2028 | 1.8 |
| 2029 | 1.8 |
| 2030 | 1.8 |
| 2031 | 1.8 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.34% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$489M in 2025
- Military spending per person$77 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel42,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1991