🇸🇻 El Salvador National Debt Clock
Live tracker for El Salvador government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $33.3 billion, growing at $43 per second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 88%. Per-citizen share: $5,172.
Among the 135 governments tracked here, El Salvador ranks 29th by debt-to-GDP, 92nd by total debt and 74th by debt per person.
About El Salvador's National Debt
El Salvador drew global attention by adopting Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021; with high debt and a dollarized economy, it reached an IMF agreement that scaled back the crypto experiment.
El Salvador's debt-to-GDP ratio of 88% is elevated: higher than 79% of the 135 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, El Salvador ranks 92nd of the 135 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $43 per second, El Salvador adds about $4 million to its government debt every day — roughly $1.4 billion per year. Each of El Salvador's 6 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $5,172. That is below the world average of roughly $14,600 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
El Salvador National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is El Salvador's national debt right now?
El Salvador's national debt is approximately $33.3 billion as of October 27, 2026, growing at $43 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 88% and each citizen's share is about $5,172.
How fast is El Salvador's debt growing?
El Salvador's government debt is growing at approximately $43 per second — about $4 million per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is El Salvador's debt per capita?
Each of El Salvador's 6 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $5,172 of the national debt.
What is El Salvador's debt-to-GDP ratio?
El Salvador's debt-to-GDP ratio is 88%. That is higher than 79% of the 135 governments tracked here.
Why is El Salvador's government debt at this level?
El Salvador drew global attention by adopting Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021; with high debt and a dollarized economy, it reached an IMF agreement that scaled back the crypto experiment.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 32,138,700,000 + 43 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=sv (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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