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$32.5BCURRENT US$
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51.9%CURRENT US$
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91.6%CURRENT US$
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$5,127CURRENT US$
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47.7%CURRENT US$
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$5,473CURRENT US$
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63.1%CURRENT US$
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About

El Salvador-Guatemala Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $1.21B to Guatemala. The main products that El Salvador exported to Guatemala were Plastic Lids ($78.7M), Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric ($59.8M), and Petroleum Gas ($55M). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Guatemala have increased at an annualized rate of 7.69%, from $836M in 2017 to $1.21B in 2022.

In 2022, El Salvador did not export any services to Guatemala.

Guatemala-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Guatemala exported $2.03B to El Salvador. The main products that Guatemala exported to El Salvador were Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric ($116M), Petroleum Gas ($86M), and Electricity ($85.1M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Guatemala to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 10.9%,  from $1.21B in 2017 to $2.03B in 2022.

In 2022, Guatemala did not export any services to El Salvador.

Comparison: In 2022,  El Salvador ranked 68 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.029), and 114 in total exports ($7.47B). That same year, Guatemala ranked 76 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.2), and 84 in total exports ($16.4B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $1.21B to Guatemala. The main products exported from El Salvador to Guatemala were Plastic Lids ($78.7M), Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric ($59.8M), and Petroleum Gas ($55M). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Guatemala have increased at an annualized rate of 7.69%, from $836M in 2017 to $1.21B in 2022.

In 2017, Guatemala exported $2.03B to El Salvador. The main products exported from Guatemala to El Salvador were Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric ($116M), Petroleum Gas ($86M), and Electricity ($85.1M). During the last 5 years the exports of Guatemala to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 10.9%, from $1.21B in 2022 to $2.03B in 2017.

Exports from El Salvador (Flag) to Guatemala (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Guatemala (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between El Salvador (Flag) and Guatemala (Flag)

El Salvador Exports

Guatemala Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
Guatemala
Top Destination
United States$5.23B

This map shows whether countries import more from El Salvador or Guatemala. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from El Salvador and Guatemala or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from El Salvador than Guatemala included Singapore ($18.7M), Czechia ($11.7M), and Slovakia ($7.38M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Guatemala than El Salvador included United States ($5.23B), Netherlands ($658M), and Nicaragua ($1B).

Difference in imports from Guatemala (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Guatemala

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between El Salvador and Guatemala by product, considering products traded by both, El Salvador and Guatemala.

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with Guatemala in the exports of Foodstuffs ($243M), Textiles ($177M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($164M).

During 2017, Guatemala had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Foodstuffs ($312M), Chemical Products ($305M), and Mineral Products ($251M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential El Salvador Guatemala+$15.2MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Guatemala El Salvador+$4.36MRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of El Salvador and Guatemala. This means that a dot/product with the flag of El Salvador indicates it has a comparative advantage over Guatemala. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Guatemala indicates it has a comparative advantage over El Salvador.

Product Space of El Salvador (Flag) and Guatemala (Flag) (2022)

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