Taxes on international trade in El Salvador
El Salvador: Taxes on international trade was 4.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in El Salvador, 1998–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on international trade in El Salvador stood at 4.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in El Salvador peaked at 8.1% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2020.
El Salvador ranks 70th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8.0% | — |
| 1999 | 8.1% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 5.6% | -31.2% |
| 2001 | 5.7% | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | +17.2% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 7.0% | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -21.9% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 4.8% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -14.0% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | +71.1% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 4.7% | -10.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 4.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 4.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.7%, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +71.1% | 3.4% | 5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.9% | 4.0% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 3.0% | 5.8% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in El Salvador?
- Taxes on international trade in El Salvador was 4.7% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 1999.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2020.
- How does El Salvador rank for taxes on international trade?
- El Salvador ranks 70th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 international trade (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.