WTMG Intelligence
El Salvador Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of El Salvador's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score34.4102
Global RMOS Rank#153 of 171
Migration Momentum37.3
International Migrant Stock43,342
Migrant Share0.7%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%
This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.
RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
El Salvador's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS34.4102
Global rank#153
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 89.5%
Migrant-stock rank#139 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#130 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 37.3 | 25% | 9.3257 |
| Migrant Market Size | 19.3 | 20% | 3.8596 |
| Migrant Share | 12.9 | 15% | 1.9412 |
| GDP per Capita | 37.1 | 15% | 5.5618 |
| GDP Growth | 37.3 | 10% | 3.7288 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 67.4 | 10% | 6.7430 |
| Visa Accessibility | 65.0 | 5% | 3.2500 |
| Stored final RMOS | 34.4102 | ||
El Salvador migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
El Salvador Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock43,342
2020 migrant stock42,767
2015 migrant stock42,059
2020-2024 change+575 (+1.3%)
2015-2024 change+1,283 (+3.1%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into El Salvador
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Honduras | 12,039 | 11,878 | 11,676 | +161 (+1.4%) |
| #2 | Guatemala | 9,157 | 9,036 | 8,885 | +121 (+1.3%) |
| #3 | Nicaragua | 8,063 | 7,956 | 7,823 | +107 (+1.3%) |
| #4 | USA | 5,562 | 5,488 | 5,397 | +74 (+1.3%) |
| #5 | Mexico | 1,765 | 1,742 | 1,714 | +23 (+1.3%) |
| #6 | Costa Rica | 901 | 889 | 876 | +12 (+1.3%) |
| #7 | Colombia | 593 | 585 | 577 | +8 (+1.4%) |
| #8 | Spain | 549 | 542 | 534 | +7 (+1.3%) |
| #9 | Panama | 464 | 458 | 451 | +6 (+1.3%) |
| #10 | Belize | 349 | 344 | 339 | +5 (+1.5%) |
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Largest destinations for migrants from El Salvador
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | USA | 1,569,946 | 1,463,484 | 1,379,162 | +106,462 (+7.3%) |
| #2 | Mexico | 55,410 | 38,533 | 14,048 | +16,877 (+43.8%) |
| #3 | Canada | 49,004 | 49,409 | 48,522 | -405 (-0.8%) |
| #4 | Spain | 42,228 | 26,018 | 13,781 | +16,210 (+62.3%) |
| #5 | Italy | 24,538 | 18,402 | 12,473 | +6,136 (+33.3%) |
| #6 | Guatemala | 22,750 | 20,683 | 18,301 | +2,067 (+10.0%) |
| #7 | Costa Rica | 20,131 | 16,682 | 13,900 | +3,449 (+20.7%) |
| #8 | Belize | 11,092 | 10,016 | 8,828 | +1,076 (+10.7%) |
| #9 | Australia | 10,898 | 11,260 | 11,360 | -362 (-3.2%) |
| #10 | Honduras | 9,234 | 9,071 | 8,853 | +163 (+1.8%) |
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WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
67.4
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 1 covered WTLG cities.
WTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
65.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 65.0, based on 1 contributing cities.
El Salvador against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | El Salvador | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 34.4 | 55.8 | -21.4 |
| Migration Momentum | 37.3 | 60.1 | -22.8 |
| Migrant Market Size | 19.3 | 50.3 | -31.0 |
| Migrant Share | 12.9 | 50.0 | -37.1 |
| GDP per Capita | 37.1 | 51.1 | -14.0 |
| GDP Growth | 37.3 | 50.6 | -13.3 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 67.4 | 67.0 | +0.4 |
| Visa Accessibility | 65.0 | 60.0 | +5.0 |
Data years and limitations
- UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
- World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
- WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
- RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
- Different datasets have different update cycles.
- This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.