El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)

El Salvador
328.30 million NFL, current US$
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2.31 billion NFL, current US$
in 2025
El Salvador rank
15th
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
12th

Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 2.31 billion NFL, current US$ against 328.30 million NFL, current US$ in El Salvador, a difference of 1.98 billion NFL, current US$.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 7.0 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

El Salvador ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 12th of 118 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1970s 5.38 million NFL, current US$ 171.13 million NFL, current US$ 165.75 million NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s 2.45 million NFL, current US$ 391.61 million NFL, current US$ 389.17 million NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 14.42 million NFL, current US$ -484.53 million NFL, current US$ 498.95 million NFL, current US$ El Salvador
2000s 27.64 million NFL, current US$ -348.42 million NFL, current US$ 376.06 million NFL, current US$ El Salvador
2010s 26.50 million NFL, current US$ 542.47 million NFL, current US$ 515.97 million NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2020s 69.70 million NFL, current US$ 1.94 billion NFL, current US$ 1.87 billion NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net financial flows, ibrd, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 2.31 billion NFL, current US$ against 328.30 million NFL, current US$ in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in net financial flows, ibrd between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
1.98 billion NFL, current US$, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for net financial flows, ibrd?
El Salvador ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 12th of 118 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)
Unit
NFL, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
164 places, 6,633 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IBRD is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the founding and largest member of the World Bank Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.