Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 60.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel 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, travel services in El Salvador stood at 60.7%. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 79.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in El Salvador peaked at 60.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 1980.
That places El Salvador 51st out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30.1% | — |
| 1977 | 30.4% | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 33.6% | +10.4% |
| 1979 | 20.6% | -38.5% |
| 1980 | 11.0% | -46.9% |
| 1981 | 12.8% | +16.8% |
| 1982 | 18.2% | +42.5% |
| 1983 | 19.1% | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 19.3% | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 22.1% | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 22.1% | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 17.8% | -19.5% |
| 1988 | 19.9% | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 18.1% | -9.0% |
| 1990 | 25.2% | +39.3% |
| 1991 | 25.0% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 21.7% | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 21.7% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 19.1% | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 20.5% | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 16.3% | -20.8% |
| 1997 | 19.6% | +20.7% |
| 1998 | 22.2% | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 21.8% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 18.9% | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 16.8% | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 19.7% | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 26.9% | +36.7% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | -16.3% |
| 2005 | 24.9% | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 25.8% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 31.8% | +23.1% |
| 2008 | 28.2% | -11.4% |
| 2009 | 25.3% | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 26.6% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 26.3% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 30.9% | +17.5% |
| 2013 | 30.0% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 36.3% | +21.1% |
| 2015 | 33.9% | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 33.3% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 35.0% | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 36.9% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 40.8% | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 30.4% | -25.5% |
| 2021 | 33.4% | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 44.9% | +34.6% |
| 2023 | 54.8% | +21.9% |
| 2024 | 60.0% | +9.5% |
| 2025 | 60.7% | +1.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 60.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.0%, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 60.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.3%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.7% | 20.6% | 33.6% | 4 |
| 1980s | 18.0% | 11.0% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.3% | 16.3% | 25.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 16.8% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.0% | 26.3% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.4% | 30.4% | 60.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 69.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in El Salvador?
- Travel services in El Salvador was 60.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 60.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 1980.
- How does El Salvador rank for travel services?
- El Salvador ranks 51st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.