Taxes on goods and services in El Salvador
El Salvador: Taxes on goods and services was 13.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in El Salvador, 1998–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on goods and services in El Salvador is 13.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in El Salvador peaked at 13.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1999.
El Salvador ranks 39th of 154 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7.0% | — |
| 1999 | 6.6% | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 7.4% | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 8.2% | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 8.3% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 8.8% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 9.8% | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 11.0% | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 11.8% | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 11.8% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 10.6% | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 11.5% | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 11.3% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 11.8% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 13.1% | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 12.9% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 13.7% | +6.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 13.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.8%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 13.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9.1%, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.8% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.5% | 7.4% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 9.9% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8% | 11.8% | 13.7% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in El Salvador?
- Taxes on goods and services in El Salvador was 13.7% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 13.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1999.
- How does El Salvador rank for taxes on goods and services?
- El Salvador ranks 39th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. 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 Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.