Bilateral relations

Australia and El Salvador formally established diplomatic relations in 1983. Australia's Ambassador in Mexico City holds non-resident accreditation to El Salvador. Australia has an Honorary Consul in San Salvador.

El Salvador has an Embassy in Canberra, a Consul-General in Melbourne and Honorary Consuls in Brisbane and Sydney.

Australia and El Salvador enjoy warm relations underpinned by people-to-people links. In response to the civil war in El Salvador, between 1983 and 1986 Australia accepted around 10,000 Salvadorans under the Special Humanitarian Program. Australia is now home to the third largest Salvadoran community living abroad.

Australia and El Salvador cooperate multilaterally in numerous forums, including the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank.

The Australian Embassy in Mexico manages a Direct Aid Program in El Salvador.

Further economic and trade information can be found in our El Salvador trade/economic fact sheet [PDF 196 KB].

Fast Facts

Salvadoran visitors to Australia (2021-22 Dept of Home Affairs) #

40

Australian visitors to El Salvador (primary destination) (2021-22 Dept of Home Affairs) #

138

Resident Australian population born in El Salvador (2021 Census)

11,160

Australian residents of Salvadoran descent (2021 Census)

10,867

Salvadoran students in Australia (2023 Dept of Education)*

83

# This financial year data is owned by Home Affairs. It provides quarterly updates to this data on its website.

*This Jan-Sep 2023 data is owned by the Department of Education. It provides updates to these numbers on its website.

High level engagement

2017 February – Special Envoy for Human Rights Philip Ruddock visited San Salvador

Agreements with El Salvador

There are no bilateral agreements between Australia and El Salvador

Travel

See Australian Government travel advice for Australians overseas on Smartraveller

Austrade

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Australian Embassy in Mexico City

Ruben Dario 55
Col. Polanco
Mexico City 11580
Mexico

Tel: +52-55-11012200

General: australianembassy.mexico@dfat.gov.au

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