Department · El Salvador
San Salvador
Department of El Salvador. Official statistics compared with the whole country, and REAL NOW market prices.
This page covers the whole region. The city or zone named San Salvador has its own market page, with other figures: San Salvador
Remittances, 12 months
US$1.87 B
+6.0% #1 of 14
Share of national remittances
18.31%
2025-09 – 2026-08
Remittances 2025
US$1.84 B
calendar year
Median sale price per m²
US$1,795
apartments and houses
Official statistics
Family remittances
Money sent home from abroad is a large share of household income in El Salvador, and of what funds housing demand.
2025-09 – 2026-08
| San SalvadorDepartment | El SalvadorCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Last 12 months | US$1.87 B | US$10.24 B |
| Previous 12 months | US$1.77 B | US$9.49 B |
| Change | +6.0% | +7.8% |
| Share of national | 18.31% | — |
| Calendar year 2023 | US$1.68 B | US$8.28 B |
| Calendar year 2024 | US$1.64 B | US$8.48 B |
| Calendar year 2025 | US$1.84 B | US$9.99 B |
Source: Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
Monthly remittances, US$ millions
Each month against the same month a year earlier.
Source: Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
Market
Prices, rent and yield
Medians over the aggregated public offer seen in the last 30 days. List prices, not closed sales.
For sale
| San SalvadorDepartment | El SalvadorCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Median per m², homes | US$1,795 | US$1,416 |
| Apartments, per m² | US$2,500 | US$3,230 |
| Houses, per m² | US$1,362 | US$1,086 |
Source: REAL NOW, aggregated public offer (list prices)
For rent
| San SalvadorDepartment | El SalvadorCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Median monthly rent | US$1,550 | US$1,175 |
| Gross rental yield | 5.17% | 5.73% |
Source: REAL NOW rent benchmarks, aggregated public offer
Municipalities
Municipalities of San Salvador
5 regions. Open one for its full profile.
| Municipality | Remittances, 12 m | Change | Sale, US$/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Salvador Centro | US$1.12 B | +7.9% | PRO |
| San Salvador Este | US$390.1 M | +1.7% | PRO |
| San Salvador Norte | US$162.5 M | +8.5% | PRO |
| San Salvador Oeste | US$123.3 M | +2.7% | PRO |
| San Salvador Sur | US$82.2 M | +2.5% | PRO |
Methodology
Sources and methodology
Official statistics
- Remittances: Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, family remittances by department, municipality and district in US$ millions, summed over the last 12 closed months (2025-09 to 2026-08) and compared with the previous 12.
- Municipalities and districts follow the 2024 territorial reorganisation: 44 municipalities made of 262 districts, the former municipalities.
REAL NOW market metrics
- Sale: median asking price per m² of apartments and houses for sale seen in the last 30 days in the aggregated public offer, with the same outlier bounds as Analytics. List prices, not closed sales.
- Confidence: solid = 30 or more listings, preliminary = 15 to 29; below 15 nothing is published.
- Rent and gross yield: REAL NOW rent benchmarks, median monthly rent of homes; gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ sale price of the same cell, published only between 3 and 12 percent. Available by province or department and by municipality or canton.
Sources: Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador · REAL NOW aggregated public offer.