International tourism, number of departures in El Salvador
El Salvador: International tourism, number of departures was 515,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in El Salvador, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, number of departures in El Salvador stood at 515,000.
That represents a change of down 72.9% on the previous year and down 63.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in El Salvador peaked at 1.90 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 348,000, in 1995.
That places El Salvador 80th out of 117 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 348,000 | — |
| 1996 | 492,000 | +41.4% |
| 1997 | 627,000 | +27.4% |
| 1998 | 868,000 | +38.4% |
| 1999 | 787,000 | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 923,000 | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 933,000 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.00 million | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 940,000 | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 1.08 million | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 1.24 million | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 1.24 million | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million | -18.5% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million | +32.9% |
| 2010 | 1.42 million | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 1.47 million | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 1.46 million | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.51 million | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.51 million | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.62 million | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 1.80 million | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 1.87 million | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1.79 million | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.90 million | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 515,000 | -72.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 624,400 | 348,000 | 868,000 | 5 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million | 923,000 | 1.34 million | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.64 million | 1.42 million | 1.90 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 515,000 | 515,000 | 515,000 | 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, number of departures in El Salvador?
- International tourism, number of departures in El Salvador was 515,000 in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.90 million in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 348,000 in 1995.
- How does El Salvador rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- El Salvador ranks 80th out of 117 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.8%. 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, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.