Average inflation measured by CPI rose 265% to 2.00% in El Salvador in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, average inflation measured by CPI in El Salvador reached an all time high of 2.00% in 2020 and an all time low of -0.027% in 1961. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, average inflation measured by CPI in Costa Rica amounted to 3.00%, 3.90% in Guatemala, 4.00% in Honduras and 7.14% in Nicaragua in 2020.
El Salvador has been ranked 135th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Belize | % | 1.11% | 1.30% | 1.86% | 1.78% | 1.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 0.016% | 0.022% | 0.021% | 3.00% | 3.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 0.010% | 0.011% | < 0.001% | 2.00% | 2.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 0.044% | 0.038% | 0.037% | 3.90% | 3.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 0.039% | 0.043% | 0.044% | 4.00% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 0.060% | 0.049% | 0.036% | 3.01% | 3.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 0.039% | 0.049% | 0.054% | 7.14% | 7.05% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 0.009% | 0.008% | -0.004% | 2.29% | 2.12% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 0.021% | 0.024% | 0.018% | 2.30% | 2.19% |
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