El Salvador vs Honduras: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy

El Salvador
15.63 billion current US$
in 2023
Honduras
16.03 billion current US$
in 2023
El Salvador rank
94th
Honduras rank
92nd

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy over time

  • El Salvador
  • Honduras
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How they compare

Honduras currently reports 16.03 billion current US$ against 15.63 billion current US$ in El Salvador, a difference of 398.40 million current US$.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 94th and Honduras ranks 92nd of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Honduras Difference Ahead
1960s 168.10 million current US$ 116.41 million current US$ 51.68 million current US$ El Salvador
1970s 585.90 million current US$ 408.54 million current US$ 177.36 million current US$ El Salvador
1980s 930.71 million current US$ 837.70 million current US$ 93.01 million current US$ El Salvador
1990s 2.25 billion current US$ 1.57 billion current US$ 685.51 million current US$ El Salvador
2000s 6.67 billion current US$ 4.83 billion current US$ 1.83 billion current US$ El Salvador
2010s 10.29 billion current US$ 9.15 billion current US$ 1.14 billion current US$ El Salvador
2020s 14.30 billion current US$ 13.68 billion current US$ 612.02 million current US$ El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy, El Salvador or Honduras?
Honduras, at 16.03 billion current US$ against 15.63 billion current US$ in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy between El Salvador and Honduras?
398.40 million current US$, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Honduras?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Honduras rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy?
El Salvador ranks 94th and Honduras ranks 92nd of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.