Added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP fell 3.56% to 12.0% in El Salvador in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP in El Salvador reached an all time high of 21.0% in 1969 and an all time low of 12.0% in 2024. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP in Costa Rica amounted to 13.0%, 13.6% in Guatemala, 14.9% in Honduras and 13.5% in Nicaragua in 2024.
El Salvador has been ranked 62nd within the group of 123 countries we follow in terms of added value in manufacturing as a share of GDP, 20 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Manufacturing, Added Value (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Belize | % | 6.19% | 6.18% | 6.71% | 6.52% | 6.54% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 11.9% | 12.0% | 12.8% | 13.7% | 14.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 15.7% | 15.6% | 14.7% | 15.1% | 13.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 14.0% | 13.8% | 14.1% | 13.9% | 14.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 16.9% | 16.5% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 16.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 20.2% | 19.9% | 20.2% | 20.8% | 21.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 13.8% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.5% | 14.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 5.75% | 5.68% | 5.67% | 5.28% | 5.09% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 10.9% | 10.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
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