Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) was -1.85 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in El Salvador, 2010–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in El Salvador stood at -1.85 billion. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is down 30.7% on the previous year and down 10.2% over five years.
Over the whole period, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in El Salvador peaked at 0 in 2010 and was at its lowest, -1.85 billion, in 2025.
El Salvador ranks 47th of 52 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | -1.68 billion | — |
| 2021 | -1.51 billion | -10.0% |
| 2022 | -1.16 billion | -23.7% |
| 2023 | -1.32 billion | +14.0% |
| 2024 | -1.42 billion | +7.5% |
| 2025 | -1.85 billion | +30.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | -1.49 billion | -1.85 billion | -1.16 billion | 6 |
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More external debt data for El Salvador
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 29.56 million NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 4.66 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0008 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre -902.82 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 9.4% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA -360,000 NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -0.0568 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IBRD 43.98 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 25.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in El Salvador?
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in El Salvador was -1.85 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0 in 2010.
- What is the lowest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.85 billion in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal)?
- El Salvador ranks 47th out of 52 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total collateral guarantees on debt, Falling due within 1 year, Contingent liabilities (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Centr. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.