Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in El Salvador
El Salvador: Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.9338 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in El Salvador, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.9338 for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020.
The figure is up 14.4% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in El Salvador peaked at 0.9667 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2014.
That places El Salvador 19th out of 64 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.5768 | — |
| 2003 | 0.3558 | -38.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5014 | +40.9% |
| 2005 | 0.5076 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8985 | +77.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8691 | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9377 | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9375 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9327 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9667 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9402 | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.942 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0.809 | — |
| 2017 | 0.8509 | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8227 | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8165 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9338 | +14.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.9338 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8333, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.9338 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9357, 100% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -100.0% | 0.942 | 0 |
| 2006 | +77.0% | 0.5076 | 0.8985 |
| 2004 | +40.9% | 0.3558 | 0.5014 |
| 2003 | -38.3% | 0.5768 | 0.3558 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.698 | 0.3558 | 0.9377 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.7081 | 0 | 0.9667 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9338 | 0.9338 | 0.9338 | 1 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
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 other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in El Salvador?
- Other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in El Salvador was 0.9338 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9667 in 2011.
- What is the lowest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2014.
- How does El Salvador rank for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- El Salvador ranks 19th out of 64 countries with data for 2020.
- Is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Other expense, 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.