The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

El Salvador  
Rank: 110 · Score: 21.8  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 6.3   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 31.4   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 4,963.0   Venture capital investments (quartile) Bottom
GDP growth (per cent) 2.4   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 110 15, 13, 14, 15, 15 21.8
1 Economic Activity 84 38, 31, 65, 43, 41 66.0
2 Depth of Capital Market 117 14, 11, 10, 11, 8 6.3
3 Taxation 95 41, 41, 33, 30, 30 73.1
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 106 11, 14, 15, 19, 19 39.7
5 Human and Social Environment 105 22, 23, 23, 22, 20 23.1
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 108 17, 15, 15, 16, 17 26.5


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
El Salvador  
Latin America
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Dominican Republic 73.0 12.4 81.5 56.1 25.0 24.3
Bolivia 67.4 13.9 55.5 24.9 17.6 33.4
Guatemala 77.0 6.9 88.9 45.2 21.4 26.1
El Salvador 66.0 6.3 73.1 39.7 23.1 26.5
Paraguay 67.5 6.9 110.7 38.8 18.1 21.8
Nicaragua 59.4 6.9 61.5 34.6 18.0 23.5
Venezuela 64.0 7.9 7.7 8.3 7.2 11.7
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023