Insurance and financial services in El Salvador
El Salvador: Insurance and financial services was 2.7% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Insurance and financial services in El Salvador, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, insurance and financial services in El Salvador stood at 2.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.8% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in El Salvador peaked at 25.4% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2011.
That places El Salvador 97th out of 190 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Insurance and financial services in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12.4% | — |
| 1977 | 13.1% | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 11.0% | -16.4% |
| 1979 | 25.4% | +131.9% |
| 1980 | 24.6% | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 24.7% | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 16.4% | -33.6% |
| 1983 | 16.8% | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 13.0% | -22.8% |
| 1985 | 10.7% | -17.8% |
| 1986 | 17.2% | +61.4% |
| 1987 | 24.9% | +45.1% |
| 1988 | 11.4% | -54.5% |
| 1989 | 10.0% | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 7.5% | -24.5% |
| 1991 | 7.2% | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 6.2% | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 6.2% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 6.0% | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 6.4% | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 6.2% | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 5.2% | -16.6% |
| 1998 | 6.9% | +33.6% |
| 1999 | 7.7% | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 6.1% | -21.5% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | -60.6% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | +32.4% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 4.6% | +47.7% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | -52.1% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 4.1% | +93.7% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 2.9% | -23.1% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 2.7% | +12.8% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 2.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9%, 1.4× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 2.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.7%, 97% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +131.9% | 11.0% | 25.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.5% | 11.0% | 25.4% | 4 |
| 1980s | 17.0% | 10.0% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.6% | 5.2% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.4% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.1% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 94 Dominican Republic 2.8% compare
- 95 India 2.8% compare
- 96 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.7% compare
- 98 Turkey 2.5% compare
- 99 Malaysia 2.5% compare
- 100 Uzbekistan 2.4% compare
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in El Salvador?
- Insurance and financial services in El Salvador was 2.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4% in 1979.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2011.
- How does El Salvador rank for insurance and financial services?
- El Salvador ranks 97th out of 190 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.