​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : August 30, 1962
  • GDP(2023) : $34 billion
  • GDP(per capita) : $5,349
  • Exports(2023) : $6.5 billion
  • Imports(2023) : $15.6 billion
  • Bilateral Trade(2023)
    • Exports : $200 million
    • Imports : $61 million
  • Number of Koreans living in El Salvador(2024): about 175
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to El Salvador
      • 2011   October, 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Park Suk Hwan
      • 2012   August, 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kim Sung Han
      • 2014   June, Special Envoy, Hong Moon Jong
      • 2015   September, Speaker of the National Assembly, Chung Ui Hwa
      • 2018   January, President of Korea-El Salvador Parliamentary Friendship Association, Yu Jae-joong
      • 2019   June, Special Envoy, Lee Seokhyun & Shin Dongkeun
      • 2020   January, Special Envoy, Shin Ki Nam
      • 2022   September, Special Envoy, Yu Myung Hwan
      • 2023   January, Senior Secretary for Future Strategy, Jang Sung Min
      • 2023   May, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Kim Young-joo
      • 2024   June, Special Envoy, Won Hee-ryong
    • From El Salvador to the ROK
      • 2011   November, Speaker of the National Assembly, Sigfrido Reyes
      • 2011   November, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugo Martinez
      • 2014   September, Chief Presidential Secretary, Francisco Lorenzana
      • 2015   October, Minister of Defense, Payes
      • 2016   October, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Ortez
      • 2017   April, Minister of Education, Carlos Canjura
      • 2017   November, Director-General of Customs, Jose Flores
      • 2017   December, Secretary-general of SICA, Marco Cerezo
      • 2018   February, Minister of Economic, Tharsis Lopez
      • 2018   June, Minister of Public Works, Transport, Housing and Urban Development , Eliud Ayala
      • 2018   August, Minister of Justice and Security, Mauricio Ramirez
      • 2019   September, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Legislative Assembly, Numan Salgado
      • 2019   October, Minister of Economy, Maria Luisa Hayem Breve
      • 2020   February, Vice President, Felix Ulloa
      • 2020   February, Vice President, Felix Ulloa
      • 2021   October, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adriana Mira
      • 2022   July, Undersecretary of Innovation, Jonathan Mena
      • 2022   October, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandra Hill
      • 2022   November, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adriana Mira
      • 2023   May, Speaker of the National Assembly, Ernesto Castro
      • 2023   November, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adriana Mira

• Related documents

  • ROK and El Salvador to Hold their 2nd Policy Consultation
  • El Salvador to Become the Second Country to Install “Window on Korea” after Mexico
  • ROK Sends a Private-Public Joint Delegation for Security Cooperation to El Salvador and Honduras
  • First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou-hyun to Visit El Salvador, Colombia and Peru to Explore Ways to Promote Mutually-Beneficial Cooperation with Latin America
  • Outcome of the Korea-El Salvador Vice Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

• Related links

  • Embassy in El Salvador