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El Salvador - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 3.9

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

3.9 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 77 economies

Share of global total

0.7%

Growth since 2017

0.8×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#11#21#31#41#51#61201720222025#56#402021 overtook China2024 overtook Malta
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Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. El Salvador climbed from #56 to #40 (overtook China). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — El Salvador

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2021
Overtook China in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Malta in global rank auto
2024
Climbed 19 places in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2024

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2017202220243.95.026.147.26
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