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$32.5BCURRENT US$
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51.9%CURRENT US$
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$17.1BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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15.5%CURRENT US$
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GDP PC 
$5,127CURRENT US$
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47.7%CURRENT US$
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$6,047CURRENT US$
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12.7%CURRENT US$
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About

El Salvador-Jamaica Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $30.1M to Jamaica. The main products that El Salvador exported to Jamaica were Plastic Lids ($13.9M), Refined Petroleum ($3.71M), and Cleaning Products ($2.43M). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Jamaica have increased at an annualized rate of 7.56%, from $20.9M in 2017 to $30.1M in 2022.

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

Jamaica-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Jamaica exported $86.5k to El Salvador. The main products that Jamaica exported to El Salvador were Recovered Paper ($55.1k), Computers ($9.17k), and Cars ($6.66k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Jamaica to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 3.51%,  from $65.7k in 2017 to $86.5k in 2022.

In 2022, Jamaica 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, Jamaica ranked 72 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.17), and 145 in total exports ($1.95B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $30.1M to Jamaica. The main products exported from El Salvador to Jamaica were Plastic Lids ($13.9M), Refined Petroleum ($3.71M), and Cleaning Products ($2.43M). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Jamaica have increased at an annualized rate of 7.56%, from $20.9M in 2017 to $30.1M in 2022.

In 2017, Jamaica exported $86.5k to El Salvador. The main products exported from Jamaica to El Salvador were Recovered Paper ($55.1k), Computers ($9.17k), and Cars ($6.66k). During the last 5 years the exports of Jamaica to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 3.51%, from $65.7k in 2022 to $86.5k in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

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

El Salvador Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
Jamaica
Top Destination
United States$1.11B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from El Salvador than Jamaica included United States ($2.87B), Guatemala ($1.21B), and Honduras ($1.18B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Jamaica than El Salvador included Russia ($99.7M), United Kingdom ($70.8M), and Iceland ($39.5M).

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

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Jamaica

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with Jamaica in the exports of Plastics and Rubbers ($16.3M), Paper Goods ($4.16M), and Mineral Products ($3.71M).

During 2017, Jamaica had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Paper Goods ($55.3k), Machines ($11.9k), and Plastics and Rubbers ($10.5k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential El Salvador Jamaica+$894kRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Jamaica El Salvador+$24.1kRecovered Paper

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 Jamaica. This means that a dot/product with the flag of El Salvador indicates it has a comparative advantage over Jamaica. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Jamaica indicates it has a comparative advantage over El Salvador.

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

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