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Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) in El Salvador reached US $ 11,715.18 million at the close of the second quarter of 2025, which represents an increase of US $ 45.53 million in relation to the first quarter of the same year, when the net position added US $ 11,669,65 million.
This performance confirms a sustained growth rate if compared to the same 2024 period, when the IED was at US10,927.45 million, that is, almost US $ 788 million more for 2025.
Expanding sectors
The industrial sector was again the one that contributed the most to the rise, with US $ 2,737.03 million in the second quarter of 2025, higher than the US2,657,53 million of the previous quarter and at US $ 2,607,21 million of the second quarter of 2024.
The transport showed an outstanding recovery: from a negative balance of US $ 6.2 million less in the first quarter it went to US $ 44.17 million in the second, marking a drastic change compared to US $ 105.56 million of the same quarter of 2024. The financial and insurance activities also grew, after US $ 3,437,71 million in the first quarter of 2025 a 2025 US $ 3,484.99 million in the second quarter of 2025, consolidating as the sector with the greatest participation in foreign investment.
