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El Salvador ยท Year 2023
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El Salvador

El Salvador sovereign panel observation with harmonized output, inflation, and external resilience records from 1960 through 2025.

Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income Blocs: Other San Salvador

Global Rank (2023)

#90 / 205

Top 44% of global economies

Composite Score (2023)

59.9 / 100

Living Standard (2023)

$4,481

Subscore: 48.61 / 100

CPI Inflation (2023)

4.05%

Stability Score: 94.77 / 100

4-Pillar Structural Health Diagnostic (2023)

Harmonized subscores evaluating Output, Productivity, Inflation Stability, and External Buffer

Benchmark Weights: 35 / 25 / 25 / 15
Living Standards (35%) 48.61

Raw: $4,481 (2015 USD)

Price Stability (25%) 94.77

Raw: 4.05% (Anchor: 3.0%)

External Solvency (25%) 44.19

Raw: -1.74% of GDP

Economic Scale (15%) 54.44

Raw: $33.6B Current USD

Optimal Component Weights & Peak Rank Frontier (2023)

Monetary Discipline & Price Anchor Focused

What we are doing here: We simulate an automated mathematical simplex across all 286 valid permutations of weights for the 4 pillars (summing to 100%) against every competing sovereign country in 2023. This discovers which weighting system maximizes El Salvador's global competitive ranking by accentuating its comparative strengths.

Peak Rank #41 / 205
Default Rank #90
+49 Ranks
Living Standards 0%
Baseline: 35%
Price Stability 75%
Baseline: 25%
External Solvency 20%
Baseline: 25%
Economic Scale 5%
Baseline: 15%

Policy Insight & Strategic Advantage: El Salvador benefits most from its anchored inflation regime near the 3.0% target band while competitors face price volatility.

Under this bespoke weighting, El Salvador's composite score climbs to 82.6 (compared to 59.9 under standard multilateral weighting).

Longitudinal Trajectory & Peer Comparison Sandbox (1960โ€“2025)

Tracking El Salvador's multi-decade trajectory overlaid with peer benchmark economies in Year 2023

Active Comparisons:
El Salvador (SLV)
India (IND)
China (CHN)
United States (USA)
Germany (DEU)
Observation Year 2023 โ€ข Global Rank: #90 / 205 โ€ข Composite Score: 59.9 / 100 โ€ข Living Standard: $4,481 โ€ข Inflation: 4.05%
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Primary: El Salvador Peers (Dashed)

Cross-Sectional Benchmark Standing in Year 2023

5 economies compared ยท Ordered by Global Rank
CountryRank (2023)Composite ScoreGDP per CapitaCPI InflationCurrent Account (% GDP)Nominal GDP ($)
Germany (DEU) #1681.1$44,3695.95%5.50%$4562.2B
United States (USA) #1780.0$65,6674.12%-3.34%$27811.5B
China (CHN) #3772.3$12,4840.23%1.41%$18270.4B
El Salvador (SLV) Active#9059.9$4,4814.05%-1.74%$33.6B
India (IND) #9359.5$2,2305.65%-0.91%$3500.9B

Decade-by-Decade Historical Milestones (1970โ€“2023)

Visualizing seminal macroeconomic shifts, shocks, and structural transitions for El Salvador

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Selected Era: 2023 ยท Click any node to select
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