EL SALVADOR: SELECTED ECONOMIC DATA 

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

POPULATION

Thousands

4579

4652

4734

4820

4902

4981

5057

5134

5211

5301

5391

5481

Growth Rate (%)

1.4

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.7

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

GDP, current prices (m. colones)

11094

13415

17915

20661

24469

28419

36487

42594

49841

60522

70771

84524

GDP, 1990 prices (m. colones)

32744

32946

33009

33838

34474

34805

36487

37791

40643

43643

46261

49063

Real GDP Growth Rate (%)

1.3

0.6

0.2

2.5

1.9

1.0

4.8

3.6

7.5

7.4

6.0

6.1

Real Per Capita GDP (1990 col.)

7151

7082

6973

7020

7033

6988

7215

7361

7799

8233

8581

8951

Real Per Cap GDP Growth Rate (%)

-0.1

-1.0

-1.5

0.7

0.2

-0.6

3.3

2.0

6.0

5.6

4.2

4.3

Gross Dom. Investment/GDP (%)

12.0

10.8

13.3

12.4

12.8

16.2

13.9

15.4

18.5

18.6

18.8

19.5

Private

8.1

7.5

10.7

9.5

9.7

12.7

11.3

12.6

14.5

14.6

15.1

16.1

Public

3.9

5.3

2.6

2.9

3.1

3.5

2.6

2.8

4.0

4.0

3.7

3.4

Gross National Savings/GDP (%)

6.1

4.4

10.7

7.0

8.2

6.8

9.6

11.9

15.5

17.0

15.1

14.6

Private

7.6

4.3

9.3

7.1

7.9

8.4

9.9

12.7

15.3

16.2

13.1

11.4

Public

-1.5

0.1

3.4

-0.1

0.3

-1.6

-0.3

-0.8

0.2

0.8

2.0

3.2

Foreign Savings/GDP (%)

5.9

6.4

2.6

5.4

4.6

9.4

4.3

3.5

3.0

1.6

3.7

4.9

PRICES

GDP Price Deflator (1990=100)

33.9

40.7

54.3

61.1

71.0

81.7

100.0

112.7

122.6

138.7

153.0

172.3

Annual Change (%)

10.7

20.2

33.3

12.5

16.2

15.0

22.5

12.7

8.8

13.1

10.3

12.6

Consumer Prices (Dec.'92=100)

20.15

24.65

32.53

40.61

48.64

57.22

70.95

81.16

90.27

106.98

118.30

130.16

Annual Change (%)

11.7

22.3

32.0

24.8

19.8

17.6

24.0

14.4

11.2

18.5

10.6

10.0

BALANCE OF
PAYMENTS (US$ m.)

Current Account Balance

-230

-263

-107

-238

-234

-466

-359

-296

-378

-299

-302

-470

Exports, fob

726

695

755

591

610

497

582

588

598

732

819

1005

Imports, cif

978

961

935

994

1007

1161

1263

1406

1699

1912

2252

2854

Trade Balance

-252

-266

-180

-403

-397

-664

-681

-818

-1101

-1180

-1433

-1849

Services, net

-116

-110

-87

-30

-58

-39

-23

-21

15

58

130

184

Private Transfers, net

138

113

160

195

221

237

345

543

708

823

1001

1195

Capital Account Balance

259

305

148

332

171

503

514

316

443

425

445

617

Official Transfers, net

177

206

224

378

288

282

223

179

227

220

284

194

Direct Investment, net

12

Private, M-T & L-T, net

-15

-5

-51

-24

-154

-66

264

99

85

148

15

16

Private, Short-Term, net

50

Official, net

92

91

51

40

56

150

89

117

161

130

177

124

Financial Intermediaries, net

-16

-76

-73

-70

-79

67

42

-79

-30

-73

-31

283

Other, net [a]

21

27

-3

8

60

70

-104

0

0

0

0

0

Overall Balance, net

29

42

41

94

-63

37

155

20

65

126

143

147

EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT

Debt Outstanding,12/31 (US$ m.) [b]

1769

1867

1808

1716

1761

2089

2130

2101

2338

1711

2069

2243

Debt Outstanding/GDP (%) [b]

46.0

46.0

50.5

41.5

38.1

47.8

44.9

39.6

39.3

24.6

25.6

23.2

Debt Service/Exports (%)

29.3

32.3

35.9

38.7

36.4

31.8

27.9

42.3

38.8

31.2

30.9

CONSOL NONFIN.
PUB. SECTOR (% of GDP)

Current Revenue

18.2

17.2

18.5

16.5

14.4

12.2

12.8

14.0

14.1

14.3

16.0

16.1

Current Expenditure

19.4

16.3

15.6

15.2

14.1

14.0

13.2

14.8

13.9

13.5

14.0

12.9

Current Surplus/Deficit

-1.2

0.9

2.9

1.3

0.3

-1.8

-0.4

-0.8

0.2

0.8

2.0

3.2

Capital Revenue

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.0

Capital Expenditure

6.2

5.5

4.8

4.5

3.9

4.5

2.7

4.1

6.5

4.6

4.2

4.1

Net Lending

1.4

-0.2

0.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

-0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

Overall Surplus/Deficit

-8.7

-4.3

-2.5

-3.2

-3.8

-6.6

-2.8

-4.9

-6.5

-3.7

-2.0

-0.9