El Salvador - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in El Salvador was 3.47 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.94 in 1986 and a minimum value of -2.68 in 1961.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -0.04
1961 -2.68
1962 0.10
1963 1.57
1964 1.76
1965 0.46
1966 -1.19
1967 1.47
1968 2.54
1969 -0.19
1970 2.82
1971 0.45
1972 1.54
1973 6.39
1974 16.90
1975 19.09
1976 7.03
1977 11.82
1978 13.28
1979 14.06
1980 17.37
1981 14.80
1982 11.73
1983 13.31
1984 11.51
1985 22.33
1986 31.94
1987 24.86
1988 19.76
1989 17.63
1990 24.00
1991 14.40
1992 11.21
1993 18.51
1994 10.59
1995 10.03
1996 9.79
1997 4.49
1998 2.55
1999 0.51
2000 2.27
2001 3.75
2002 1.87
2003 2.12
2004 4.45
2005 4.69
2006 4.04
2007 4.58
2008 6.71
2009 1.06
2010 1.18
2011 5.13
2012 1.73
2013 0.76
2014 1.14
2015 -0.73
2016 0.60
2017 1.01
2018 1.09
2019 0.08
2020 -0.37
2021 3.47

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices