El Salvador vs Japan: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP

El Salvador
0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Japan
0.1665 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
El Salvador rank
117th
Japan rank
120th

Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Japan
0.10.20.30.4196019922025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1665 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Japan, a difference of 0.0086 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 117th and Japan ranks 120th of 203 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2068 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0826 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1243 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1970s 0.2688 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1718 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1980s 0.1901 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1062 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0839 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
1990s 0.1742 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0847 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2000s 0.2374 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1178 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1197 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2010s 0.2376 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1344 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1032 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 0.1977 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1558 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0418 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Japan?
El Salvador, at 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1665 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Japan?
0.0086 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 117th and Japan ranks 120th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 13,939 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.