Exports in El Salvador increased to 606.10 USD Million in May from 556.76 USD Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - El Salvador Exports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In 2023, knitted or crocheted apparel articles were some of the most exported products by El Salvador. Exports of knitted sweaters, pullovers, and vests amounted to over *** million U.S. dollars, whereas knitted shirts and t-shirts made up the second most exported product category, with an export value of more than *** million U.S. dollars. Who does El Salvador trade with? El Salvador’s largest trading partner is by far the United States. In 2022, its trade value with the U.S. reached almost *** billion U.S. dollars, out of which exports accounted for **** billion dollars. Guatemala and Honduras, El Salvador’s border neighbors, came in second and fourth place, respectively, in terms of total trading value. In the same year, El Salvador recorded a trade deficit of almost ten billion U.S. dollars, which is approximately twice of what it was a decade ago in 2012. An overview of El Salvador With a population of **** million people as of 2022, El Salvador stands as the fourth most populous country in Central America. The country also ranked fourth on the continent in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) that year, at **** billion U.S. dollars. Of this, the service industry made the largest contribution, at approximately ** percent. The country’s GDP is expected to follow a steady, constant upwards trajectory in the next half-decade, reaching an estimated 42 billion U.S. dollars in 2028.

El Salvador Exports to United States was US$2.16 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. El Salvador Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

El Salvador's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$6.45 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. El Salvador's main export partners were: the United States, Guatemala and Honduras. The top three export commodities were: Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted; Plastics and Electrical, electronic equipment. Total Imports were valued at US$15.97 Billion. In 2024, El Salvador had a trade deficit of US$9.53 Billion.

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data was reported at 76.099 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 77.822 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data is updated yearly, averaging 34.422 % from Dec 1963 (Median) to 2017, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 78.723 % in 2005 and a record low of 12.060 % in 1963. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Fuel data was reported at 3.174 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.771 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Fuel data is updated yearly, averaging 1.967 % from Dec 1963 (Median) to 2017, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.689 % in 1999 and a record low of 0.062 % in 1995. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Fuel data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data was reported at 1.161 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.146 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data is updated yearly, averaging 1.450 % from Dec 1963 (Median) to 2017, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.032 % in 1989 and a record low of 0.080 % in 1963. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

United States Exports to El Salvador was US$4.54 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports to El Salvador - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data was reported at 18.690 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.356 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data is updated yearly, averaging 50.878 % from Dec 1963 (Median) to 2017, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 81.721 % in 1986 and a record low of 13.465 % in 2002. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Computer, Communication & Other Services data was reported at 41.730 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 44.876 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Computer, Communication & Other Services data is updated yearly, averaging 44.689 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.822 % in 1996 and a record low of 28.156 % in 1986. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Computer, Communication & Other Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average;

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data was reported at 19.336 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.062 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data is updated yearly, averaging 23.410 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35.355 % in 1988 and a record low of 12.944 % in 1976. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Transport services (% of commercial service exports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average;

El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: South Asia data was reported at 0.086 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.066 % for 2015. El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: South Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.040 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2016, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.298 % in 1997 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1979. El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: South Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: East Asia & Pacific data was reported at 0.640 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.102 % for 2015. El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: East Asia & Pacific data is updated yearly, averaging 0.147 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.327 % in 1965 and a record low of 0.001 % in 1993. El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: East Asia & Pacific data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Agricultural Raw Materials data was reported at 0.793 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.799 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Agricultural Raw Materials data is updated yearly, averaging 1.028 % from Dec 1963 (Median) to 2017, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.642 % in 1963 and a record low of 0.200 % in 2000. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Agricultural Raw Materials data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Insurance & Financial data was reported at 3.911 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.842 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Insurance & Financial data is updated yearly, averaging 6.223 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25.447 % in 1979 and a record low of 2.117 % in 2011. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Insurance & Financial data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Insurance and financial services cover freight insurance on goods exported and other direct insurance such as life insurance; financial intermediation services such as commissions, foreign exchange transactions, and brokerage services; and auxiliary services such as financial market operational and regulatory services.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average;

SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data was reported at 0.011 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.016 % for 2015. SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.381 % from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2016, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.625 % in 1998 and a record low of 0.002 % in 1997. SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data was reported at 0.067 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.064 % for 2015. SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 0.050 % from Dec 1967 (Median) to 2016, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.088 % in 1993 and a record low of 0.001 % in 1972. SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data was reported at 0.012 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.016 % for 2015. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data is updated yearly, averaging 1.327 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.149 % in 1981 and a record low of 0.009 % in 2006. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Travel data was reported at 35.023 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 33.220 % for 2016. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Travel data is updated yearly, averaging 22.168 % from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.279 % in 2014 and a record low of 10.954 % in 1980. El Salvador SV: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Travel data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Travel services (% of commercial service exports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging and meals and transport (within the economy visited).; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average;

El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Within Region data was reported at 45.699 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 45.672 % for 2015. El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Within Region data is updated yearly, averaging 31.805 % from Dec 1960 to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.401 % in 1999 and a record low of 10.797 % in 1960. El Salvador SV: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Within Region data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;