Five years cumulative net migration fell 8.44% to -27,343 persons in El Salvador in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, five years cumulative net migration in El Salvador reached an all time high of -4,160 persons in 1961 and an all time low of -98,364 persons in 1999. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, five years cumulative net migration in Costa Rica amounted to 2,084 persons, -29,118 persons in Guatemala, -5,779 persons in Honduras and -10,384 persons in Nicaragua in 2021.
El Salvador has been ranked 149th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of five years cumulative net migration, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Net Migration (Five Years Cumulative) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | persons | 1,363 | 1,283 | 1,222 | 1,185 | 1,164 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | persons | 4,065 | 4,150 | 4,196 | 4,198 | 4,154 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | persons | -51,282 | -47,499 | -50,616 | -54,158 | -55,143 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | persons | -48,162 | -39,266 | -48,049 | -56,884 | -58,095 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | persons | -6,512 | -6,685 | -6,782 | -6,768 | -6,550 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | persons | -82,173 | 33,094 | -12,438 | -99,430 | -47,764 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | persons | -24,359 | -23,081 | -21,841 | -20,739 | -19,733 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | persons | 8,648 | 10,109 | 11,059 | 11,130 | 10,623 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 1,221,849 | 1,449,371 | 1,377,630 | 1,200,796 | 1,158,444 |
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