Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in El Salvador
El Salvador: Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item was 0.7878 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in El Salvador, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in El Salvador is 0.7878, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.2% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in El Salvador peaked at 1 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.7878, in 2020.
El Salvador ranks 56th of 57 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | — |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7878 | -21.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.7878 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9994, 79% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7878 | 0.7878 | 0.7878 | 1 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 53 Mongolia 0.9716 compare
- 54 Bulgaria 0.9522 compare
- 55 Switzerland 0.9386 compare
- 57 United Arab Emirates 0.2715 compare
More public sector data for El Salvador
- Arms imports 0 SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 0 SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 67.09 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0122 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -6.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 425.20 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 241.31 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in El Salvador?
- Defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in El Salvador was 0.7878 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2002.
- What is the lowest defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7878 in 2020.
- How does El Salvador rank for defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item?
- El Salvador ranks 56th out of 57 countries with data for 2020.
- Is defence, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.