El Salvador
South America · Pop. 6.3M
Adjacent ecosystems by EV
Startup funnel
El Salvador's power-law funnel
From every VC-backed startup down to the biggest scale-ups. Conversion rates show what fraction of one tier graduate into the next. Capital figures (where shown) are total VC deployed at that stage.
Enterprise value · 2016–2025
El Salvador grew 15029.8× since 2016
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in El Salvador that's still operating today, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How El Salvador stacks up
Peers chosen from the same South America cluster within ±70% of El Salvador's combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size for the wider continent — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
South America ecosystems — combined view
Top ecosystems in South America ranked by combined EV. El Salvador's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | $234.7B | 16.2× | 32 | $2B | 3,952 |
| 2 | Argentina | $140.9B | 7.1× | 9 | $150.9M | 767 |
| 3 | Mexico | $45.1B | 10.0× | 13 | $1.4B | 1,281 |
| 4 | Colombia | $21.1B | 16.5× | 2 | $207.1M | 680 |
| 5 | Chile | $17.8B | 12.3× | 3 | $189.9M | 850 |
| 6 | El Salvador | $12.6B | — | 1 | $72.8M | 34 |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | $10.7B | 150.5× | 4 | $184.5M | 108 |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | $5.8B | 64.8× | 1 | $249.9M | 124 |
| 9 | Uruguay | $4.6B | 15.7× | 2 | $38.2M | 93 |
| 10 | Bermuda | $2.7B | 5.5× | 1 | $22M | 29 |
| 11 | Ecuador | $1.6B | — | 1 | $600K | 61 |
| 12 | Peru | $1.5B | 7.4× | 0 | $2.3M | 188 |
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