Central America
El Salvador
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is El Salvador's #5 import source (world lens). El Salvador is the EU's #137 goods supplier.
El Salvador on the world stage
Total imports
$15.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$6.3bn
188 partners
#1 import source
USA
27.8%
#1 export dest.
USA
34.3%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
El Salvador and the EU
EU imports from
€256m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€658m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #137 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 2.57
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
221
EUR/MWh
Consumer
250
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
103
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
SIGET (Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones)
Small system with limited interconnection capacity despite SIEPAC membership. Geothermal provides a stable baseload but the system is too small for deep wholesale competition.
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
27.4
→ 38.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.77
below replacement
Working-age
67%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
12.2
→ 21.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 6.34M · peaks 2047
By 2050: +5% (6.66M)