El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Balance

1976 - 2016 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Balance data was reported at -501.320 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -499.686 USD mn for 2016. El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Balance data is updated yearly, averaging -216.870 USD mn from Dec 1976 (Median) to 2017, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 135.800 USD mn in 1987 and a record low of -1.532 USD bn in 2008. El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Balance 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: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

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Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
-530.64 2016	-925.74 2015	-1,585.64 2013	135.80 1987	USD mn	yearly	1976 - 2016

Related Indicators for El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Balance

Related indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Balance (USD mn)	-530.64 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP (%)	15.67 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer... (%)	23.07 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments (USD mn)	1,358.57 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services (USD mn)	10,544.09 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial ... (%)	16.65 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods (USD mn)	8,823.05 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service (USD mn)	1,721.04 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Proper... (USD mn)	94.10 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Incom... (USD mn)	11,902.66 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service ... (%)	36.35 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imp... (%)	23.93 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn)	147.47 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP (%)	-1.98 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net (USD mn)	-1,225.40 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services (USD mn)	-3,880.94 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods (USD mn)	-4,636.71 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net (USD mn)	4,575.69 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer... (%)	44.76 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts (USD mn)	133.18 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services (USD mn)	6,663.16 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Insurance and Financial ... (%)	3.55 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods (USD mn)	4,186.34 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service (USD mn)	2,476.81 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Proper... (USD mn)	55.83 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Incom... (USD mn)	6,796.33 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service ... (%)	18.20 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exp... (%)	33.48 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts (USD mn)	4,776.80 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts (USD mn)	4,576.03 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received (USD mn)	4,593.76 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP (%)	17.14 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments (USD mn)	201.11 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016

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El Salvador Key Series

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	13,945.219 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	6,325.792 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	1.965 2027	yearly	1980 - 2027

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Government Expenditure (SVC bn)	12.864 2028	yearly	1990 - 2028
Forecast: Government Net Debt (SVC bn)	38.926 2029	yearly	1991 - 2029
Forecast: Government Revenue (SVC bn)	10.373 2028	yearly	1990 - 2028

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	6.471 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	5.500 2029	yearly	1988 - 2029

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	1.700 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-1.320 2029	yearly	1980 - 2029

More Indicators for El Salvador

Indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
El Salvador SV: External Debt: Total Amount Rescheduled (USD mn)	0.00 2016	yearly	1970 - 2016
El Salvador SV: External Debt: UND: Undisbursed: Total (USD mn)	1,005.64 2016	yearly	1970 - 2016
El Salvador SV: External Debt: UND: Undisbursed: Official Creditors (USD mn)	666.67 2016	yearly	1970 - 2016
El Salvador SV: External Debt: UND: Undisbursed: Private Creditors (USD mn)	338.97 2016	yearly	1970 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total (%)	0.00 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Electricity Production From Hydroelectric Sources: % of Total (%)	27.61 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Losses: % of Output (%)	11.33 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Electricity Production From Natural Gas Sources: % of Total (%)	0.00 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Electricity Production From Nuclear Sources: % of Total (%)	0.00 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total (%)	40.30 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Unit of Energy Use: PPP per Kg of... (Intl $/kg)	12.54 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Energy Imports: Net: % of Energy Use (%)	49.24 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Alternative and Nuclear Energy: % of Total Energy Use (%)	36.58 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption: % of Total (%)	48.43 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Combustible Renewables and Waste: % of Total Energy (%)	14.19 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Electric Power Consumption: per Capita (kWh)	939.15 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Energy Use: Kg of Oil Equivalent per Capita (kg)	647.31 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: CO2 Intensity: Kg per Kg of Oil Equivalent Energy Use (kg)	1.55 2014	yearly	1971 - 2014
El Salvador SV: CO2 Emissions (kt)	6,285.24 2014	yearly	1960 - 2014
El Salvador SV: CO2 Emissions: Metric Tons per Capita (Metric Ton)	1.00 2014	yearly	1960 - 2014
El Salvador SV: CO2 Emissions: Kg per PPP of GDP (kg)	0.12 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions: HFC, PFC & SF6: Thousand Metric ... (Metric Ton th)	140.26 2012	yearly	1970 - 2012
El Salvador SV: Agricultural Methane Emissions: % of Total (%)	53.88 2008	yearly	1970 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Methane Emissions: Kt of CO2 Equivalent (kt)	3,032.12 2012	yearly	1970 - 2012
El Salvador SV: Agricultural Nitrous Oxide Emissions: % of Total (%)	75.39 2008	yearly	1970 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Nitrous Oxide Emissions: Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent (Metric Ton th)	1,413.77 2012	yearly	1970 - 2012
El Salvador SV: Bird Species: Threatened (Unit)	6.00 2017	yearly	2017 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Fish Species: Threatened (Unit)	16.00 2017	yearly	2017 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Plant Species: Higher: Threatened (Unit)	30.00 2017	yearly	2017 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Mammal Species: Threatened (Unit)	6.00 2017	yearly	2017 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Population Density: People per Square Km (Person/sq km)	306.21 2016	yearly	1961 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Population in Largest City (Person)	1,101,502.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population (%)	25.84 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million (Person)	1,101,502.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million: as % ... (%)	17.36 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Pump Price for Diesel Fuel: USD per Liter (USD)	0.70 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Pump Price for Gasoline: USD per Liter (USD)	0.83 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Annual Freshwater Withdrawals: Total: % of Internal Resources (%)	13.55 2014	yearly	1992 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources: Total: Billion Cubic Me... (Cub m bn)	15.63 2014	yearly	1962 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita (Cub m)	2,488.38 2014	yearly	1962 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Marine Protected Areas: % of Total Surface Area (%)	0.71 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Bank Non-Performing Loans to Total Gross Loans (%)	2.08 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)	13.46 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Bank Liquid Reserves: to Bank Assets Ratio (%)	22.90 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Total Reserves: Including Gold (USD mn)	3,238.33 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Total Reserves: % of Total External Debt (%)	20.99 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Total Reserves: Months of Imports (NA)	3.26 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Total Reserves: Excluding Gold (USD mn)	3,187.79 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Domestic Credit: Net (USD mn)	14,216.82 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Foreign Assets: Net (USD mn)	2,360.40 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Domestic Credit: Provided by Financial Sector: % of GDP (%)	79.22 2016	yearly	1965 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Domestic Credit: to Private Sector: % of GDP (%)	45.57 2016	yearly	1965 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Research and Development Expenditure: % of GDP (%)	0.13 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Central Government Debt: Total (USD mn)	12,595.43 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Central Government Debt: Total: % of GDP (%)	47.00 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Grants and Other Revenue (USD mn)	979.51 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Grants and Other Revenue: % of Revenue (%)	15.76 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Social Contributions (USD mn)	655.08 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Social Contributions: % of Revenue (%)	11.57 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Revenue Excluding Grants (USD mn)	4,878.68 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Revenue Excluding Grants: % of GDP (%)	18.73 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Goods and Services (USD mn)	2,318.59 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Goods and Services: % of R... (%)	43.06 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Goods and Services: % Valu... (%)	10.59 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Customs and Other Import Duties (USD mn)	206.46 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Customs and Other Import Duties: % ... (%)	4.92 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on International Trade (USD mn)	206.46 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on International Trade: % of ... (%)	3.59 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Other Taxes (USD mn)	24.08 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Other Taxes: % of Revenue (%)	0.40 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Tax Revenue (USD mn)	4,198.37 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	15.67 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Income: Profits and Capita... (USD mn)	1,649.23 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Income: Profits and Capita... (%)	25.62 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Income: Profits and Capita... (%)	39.28 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Compensation of Employees (USD mn)	2,448.69 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Compensation of Employees: % of Expenditure (%)	43.61 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Goods and Services Expenditure (USD mn)	895.48 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Goods and Services Expenditure: % of Expenditure (%)	15.95 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Interest Payments (USD mn)	610.56 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Interest Payments: % of Revenue (%)	10.51 2015	yearly	1998 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Interest Payments: % of Expenditure (%)	10.88 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Other Expenditure (USD mn)	448.07 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Other Expenditure: % of GDP (%)	7.98 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure (USD mn)	5,614.32 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: % of GDP (%)	20.95 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Subsidies and Other Transfers (USD mn)	1,211.53 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Expenditure: Subsidies and Other Transfers: % of Expenditure (%)	21.58 2016	yearly	1998 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Business Extent of Disclosure Index (NA)	3.00 2017	yearly	2005 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Ease of Doing Business Index: 1=Most Business-friendly Regulatio... (NA)	73.00 2017	yearly	2017 - 2017
El Salvador SV: New Businesses Registered (Number)	2,204.00 2016	yearly	2006 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Depth of Credit Information Index: 0=Low To 8=High (NA)	7.00 2017	yearly	2013 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Private Credit Bureau Coverage: % of Adults (%)	35.40 2017	yearly	2004 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Public Credit Registry Coverage: % of Adults (%)	28.60 2017	yearly	2004 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs (Day)	2.90 2016	yearly	2006 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Cost to Exports: USD per Container (USD)	1,045.00 2014	yearly	2005 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Exports: Number of Documents (Number)	7.00 2014	yearly	2005 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Exports: Lead Time (Day)	13.00 2014	yearly	2005 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Firms using Banks to Finance Investment: % of Firms (%)	25.20 2016	yearly	2006 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Informal Payments to Public Officials: % of Firms (%)	5.50 2016	yearly	2006 - 2016

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