International tourism, receipts (current US$) in El Salvador
El Salvador: International tourism, receipts (current US$) was 755.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, receipts in El Salvador, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 755.00 million current US$ for international tourism, receipts in 2020.
The figure is down 54.6% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, receipts in El Salvador peaked at 1.66 billion current US$ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 152.00 million current US$, in 1995.
El Salvador ranks 90th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
International tourism, receipts (current US$) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 152.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 155.00 million current US$ | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 408.00 million current US$ | +163.2% |
| 2000 | 437.00 million current US$ | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 452.00 million current US$ | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 521.00 million current US$ | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 664.00 million current US$ | +27.4% |
| 2004 | 748.00 million current US$ | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 656.00 million current US$ | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 686.00 million current US$ | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 793.00 million current US$ | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 711.00 million current US$ | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 549.00 million current US$ | -22.8% |
| 2010 | 646.00 million current US$ | +17.7% |
| 2011 | 729.00 million current US$ | +12.8% |
| 2012 | 900.00 million current US$ | +23.5% |
| 2013 | 1.05 billion current US$ | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 1.28 billion current US$ | +21.9% |
| 2015 | 1.20 billion current US$ | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 1.16 billion current US$ | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 1.23 billion current US$ | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 1.37 billion current US$ | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 1.66 billion current US$ | +21.5% |
| 2020 | 755.00 million current US$ | -54.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 755.00 million current US$ is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 587.50 million current US$, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 755.00 million current US$ is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 695.50 million current US$, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, receipts (current US$) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +163.2% | 155.00 million current US$ | 408.00 million current US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 238.33 million current US$ | 152.00 million current US$ | 408.00 million current US$ | 3 |
| 2000s | 621.70 million current US$ | 437.00 million current US$ | 793.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 billion current US$ | 646.00 million current US$ | 1.66 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 755.00 million current US$ | 755.00 million current US$ | 755.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
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$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, receipts in El Salvador?
- International tourism, receipts in El Salvador was 755.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, receipts recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 billion current US$ in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, receipts recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 152.00 million current US$ in 1995.
- How does El Salvador rank for international tourism, receipts?
- El Salvador ranks 90th out of 195 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, receipts rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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, receipts (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.