Network: Wedgetail Astrostrategy Cyberstrategy Geofinance Geopolitics Geostrategy Global Energy
Country

El Salvador

SLV Latin America and the Caribbean

State of play

Central America's smallest and most densely populated country, and the first in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender alongside the US dollar.

Last reviewed

Indicators

GDP growth3.91% per year · 2025▲ 50.8% vs previous
Military expenditure1.19% of GDP · 2024▼ 11.3% vs previous
Net energy imports59.5% of use · 2022▲ 4.52% vs previousNet importer
Trade openness88.2% of GDP · 2025▲ 2.89% vs previous
Population6.4Mpeople · 2025▲ 0.43% vs previous
Displaced from here176.5Kpeople · 2025▼ 15.4% vs previous

Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)

Electricity generation mix — El Salvador

Monthly generation by fuel, last five years

  • Gas
  • Other Fossil
  • Hydro
  • Wind
  • Solar
  • Bioenergy
  • Other Renewables
00.20.40.60.8TWh1 Oct 211 Apr 221 Oct 221 Apr 231 Oct 231 Apr 241 Oct 241 Apr 251 Oct 25
View as table
PeriodGas (TWh)Other Fossil (TWh)Hydro (TWh)Wind (TWh)Solar (TWh)Bioenergy (TWh)Other Renewables (TWh)
2021-10-0100.10.170.010.0400.13
2021-11-0100.080.090.030.050.050.12
2021-12-0100.10.070.020.050.10.11
2022-01-0100.080.090.020.10.110.13
2022-02-0100.090.080.020.090.10.12
2022-03-010.040.120.10.020.10.110.13
2022-04-010.080.120.110.010.10.060.13
2022-05-010.210.040.1800.090.030.13
2022-06-010.1300.210.010.080.020.12
2022-07-010.140.010.220.010.100.13
2022-08-010.0900.250.010.100.13
2022-09-010.0800.3400.0800.1
2022-10-010.080.020.320.010.100.12
2022-11-010.140.020.190.010.090.020.11
2022-12-010.050.010.110.020.10.110.12
2023-01-010.1500.10.020.10.120.12
2023-02-010.150.010.10.020.10.10.11
2023-03-010.230.040.130.010.110.110.12
2023-04-010.220.090.090.010.10.070.12
2023-05-010.260.160.090.010.10.040.13
2023-06-010.230.150.0700.100.12
2023-07-010.250.10.090.020.1100.13
2023-08-010.250.090.10.010.100.13
2023-09-010.210.020.190.010.1100.13
2023-10-010.190.020.310.010.0900.13
2023-11-010.180.010.190.020.0900.13
2023-12-010.1600.10.030.10.10.11
2024-01-010.20.010.10.020.110.120.13
2024-02-010.210.020.060.020.110.110.12
2024-03-010.220.060.080.010.120.110.13
2024-04-010.230.070.120.010.10.090.12
2024-05-010.230.140.1400.10.030.12
2024-06-010.190.030.200.0800.13
2024-07-010.150.070.280.010.1200.13
2024-08-010.110.050.360.010.1200.11
2024-09-010.080.030.3700.100.12
2024-10-010.190.030.210.020.1100.12
2024-11-010.170.030.180.010.090.010.11
2024-12-010.140.020.10.030.10.10.13
2025-01-010.150.010.090.030.110.110.13
2025-02-010.170.040.10.020.110.10.12
2025-03-010.230.060.10.010.120.120.13
2025-04-010.210.080.10.020.120.070.12
2025-05-010.240.090.1300.120.010.13
2025-06-010.190.060.210.010.100.12
2025-07-010.220.070.210.020.1400.13
2025-08-010.190.050.250.010.1400.12
2025-09-010.140.030.3300.1200.12
2025-10-010.120.030.360.010.1200.12
2025-11-010.20.030.160.030.130.020.12
2025-12-010.170.020.130.030.130.110.13

Source: Ember · retrieved 31 Aug 2026 · CC BY 4.0

Location

Coverage across the network

Nothing published about El Salvador yet.