International tourism, expenditures for travel items in El Salvador
El Salvador: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 142.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in El Salvador, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in El Salvador is 142.00 million current US$, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 69.9% on the previous year and down 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in El Salvador peaked at 471.00 million current US$ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 72.00 million current US$, in 1995.
El Salvador ranks 121st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 72.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 73.00 million current US$ | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 153.00 million current US$ | +109.6% |
| 1998 | 179.00 million current US$ | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 169.00 million current US$ | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 165.00 million current US$ | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 195.00 million current US$ | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 191.00 million current US$ | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 229.00 million current US$ | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 292.00 million current US$ | +27.5% |
| 2005 | 206.00 million current US$ | -29.5% |
| 2006 | 224.00 million current US$ | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 278.00 million current US$ | +24.1% |
| 2008 | 241.00 million current US$ | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 187.00 million current US$ | -22.4% |
| 2010 | 219.00 million current US$ | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 203.00 million current US$ | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 261.00 million current US$ | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 242.00 million current US$ | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 248.00 million current US$ | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 294.00 million current US$ | +18.5% |
| 2016 | 412.00 million current US$ | +40.1% |
| 2017 | 418.00 million current US$ | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 443.00 million current US$ | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 471.00 million current US$ | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 142.00 million current US$ | -69.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 129.20 million current US$ | 72.00 million current US$ | 179.00 million current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 220.80 million current US$ | 165.00 million current US$ | 292.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 321.10 million current US$ | 203.00 million current US$ | 471.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 142.00 million current US$ | 142.00 million current US$ | 142.00 million current US$ | 1 |
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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$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in El Salvador?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in El Salvador was 142.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 471.00 million current US$ in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.00 million current US$ in 1995.
- How does El Salvador rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- El Salvador ranks 121st out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.