El Salvador closed 2025 with the lowest inflation rate in Central America, according to the latest report released by the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Monetary Council (Secmca).
The document, published this week and excluding Panama from the analysis, cites official data from the Central Banks of Central America and the Dominican Republic. It confirms that El Salvador’s inflation rate stood at 0.91% at the end of December 2025.
This marks the third consecutive year in which El Salvador has recorded the lowest inflation in the region. While prices for goods and services continued to rise, they did so at a slower pace than in neighboring countries.
El Salvador’s inflation rate remained well below the regional average for Central America and the Dominican Republic, which reached 2.6% by the end of 2025. Guatemala recorded the second-lowest inflation rate at 1.65%, followed by Nicaragua at 2.7%.
The highest inflation levels in 2025 were reported by Honduras and the Dominican Republic, with rates of 4.98% and 4.95%, respectively. Costa Rica was the only country in the region to remain in deflation, as prices for goods and services fell by 1.23% in December 2025.