Tax revenue in El Salvador
El Salvador: Tax revenue was 21.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in El Salvador, 1998–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenue in El Salvador is 21.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in El Salvador peaked at 21.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.9%, in 1998.
El Salvador ranks 40th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Tax revenue in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9.9% | — |
| 1999 | 10.4% | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 13.3% | +25.5% |
| 2002 | 12.1% | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 12.7% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 16.7% | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 17.1% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 15.0% | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 16.2% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 17.1% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 16.7% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 16.8% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 17.4% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 17.8% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 18.1% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 18.1% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 18.4% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 19.7% | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 21.2% | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 20.9% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 21.8% | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.2% | 9.9% | 10.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.0% | 10.6% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 15.3% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.4% | 18.4% | 21.8% | 5 |
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- 42 Naoero 21.4% compare
- 43 Belize 21.3% 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 tax revenue in El Salvador?
- Tax revenue in El Salvador was 21.8% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9% in 1998.
- How does El Salvador rank for tax revenue?
- El Salvador ranks 40th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.