El Salvador international reserves
Total reserves
$5.4B
Data for September 2026
1-month change
+0.5%
12-month change
+4.9%
High since 2000
$5.7B
July 2026
Monthly history (IMF)
$5.4 billion
September 2026+174.7% vs January 2000
Gross reserves in US dollars with gold at market value. Source: IMF, International Liquidity.
Composition
What the central bank holds its reserves in, as of September 2026.
- Foreign exchange$4.9B · 90.8%
- Gold$281M · 5.2%
- SDRs$215M · 4.0%
Gold
- Tonnes
- 2.1 t
- Market value
- $281M
- Share of reserves
- 5.2%
Tonnes of gold in reserves
2.1 t
September 2026-85.6% vs January 2000
In context
Reserves per person
US$ 849
Reserves as % of GDP (2025)
14.7%
Months of imports covered
3.1
Usual benchmark: under 3 months is considered low.