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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · EL SALVADOR

What El Salvador Trades

In 2023, El Salvador sold about $6.5B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $15.6B in return. Its biggest customer was United States ($2.3B, 36% of exports); its biggest supplier, United States ($4.5B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$6.5B
GOODS IMPORTED$15.6B
TOP PARTNERUnited States

Where El Salvador sends its goods

El Salvador’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1United States36.0%$2.3B
2Guatemala18.4%$1.2B
3Honduras16.3%$1.1B
4Nicaragua7.8%$510M
5Costa Rica4.8%$311M
6Mexico3.4%$220M
7Panama2.0%$128M
9Canada1.7%$108M
10Spain1.2%$80M
11Germany0.7%$47M
12Korea, Rep.0.6%$42M
13Jamaica0.4%$29M
14Italy0.4%$28M
15Netherlands0.4%$27M
16Belgium0.4%$27M
17United Kingdom0.4%$24M
18Peru0.3%$21M
19Belize0.3%$18M
20Haiti0.3%$16M
21Chile0.2%$12M
22Japan0.2%$11M
23China0.2%$11M
24Ecuador0.1%$10M
25Australia0.1%$9M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 99.8% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where El Salvador buys its goods

El Salvador’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1United States28.7%$4.5B
2China15.2%$2.4B
3Guatemala10.1%$1.6B
4Mexico8.2%$1.3B
5Honduras5.0%$789M
6Nicaragua3.1%$489M
7Costa Rica2.7%$417M
8Brazil2.2%$340M
9Korea, Rep.1.9%$302M
10Japan1.9%$298M
11Germany1.5%$235M
12Colombia1.4%$213M
13Spain1.3%$197M
14India1.2%$191M
15Canada1.2%$190M
16Viet Nam1.1%$174M
17Trinidad and Tobago0.9%$148M
18Italy0.9%$145M
19Thailand0.9%$144M
20Ecuador0.9%$138M
21Argentina0.7%$112M
22France0.6%$96M
23Indonesia0.6%$87M
24Chile0.5%$83M
25Uruguay0.5%$74M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.2% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.