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Key facts

  • Currency: U.S. dollar
  • Capital city: San Salvador
  • Region: Central America
  • Continent: Americas
  • Land area: 20,720 km²
  • Population: 6,336,392
  • Political Leader: Nayib Bukele (President)

Latest news

Human rights crisis in El Salvador 'deepening': Amnesty

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-03-27

El Salvador cumple dos anos bajo la ley marcial de Bukele

Read: Sur

2024-03-27

Nayib Bukele Update on El Salvador Bitcoin Holdings Shows Growing Stack

Read: Coindesk

2024-03-26

El Salvador Doubles Down on Bitcoin

Read: Coindesk

2024-03-22

El Salvador's Bukele Sabotages His Own Singapore Dreams

Read: Bloomberg

2024-03-22

Biogas Is Key to Harmony Between Agribusiness and Environment in El Salvador - VIDEO

Read: Global Issues

2024-03-20

Lionel Messi to miss Argentina friendlies vs. El Salvador, Costa Rica with hamstring injury

Read: CBS

2024-03-18

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 65.55 % of GDP
Expense 29.10 % of GDP
GDP 32,488,700,000.00 current US$
Inflation 7.20 annual %
Self-employed 36.53 % of total employment
Tax revenue 19.42 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.00 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 32.07 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 11,957.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 6.31 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 6,376.30 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 22.59 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 42.18 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 35.23 % of total
Net energy imports 49.24 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.80 births per woman
Forest area 5,793 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 48.43 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 616.23 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 22.80 years
Methane emissions 3,269.50 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 1,015.75 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 3,319,856
Male Population 3,016,535
Renewable energy consumption 23.70 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 18,676.40 km²
Rural population 1,598,862
Urban land area 1,559.87 km²
Urban population 4,737,530
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.26 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 16.02 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.66 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 385.74 current US$
Health expenditure 9.85 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.17 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.20 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 71 years
Suicide mortality rate 6.10 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 97.89 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 52,000
Individuals using the Internet 62.88 % of population
Net migration -23,249
Press freedom 2.62


Politics

Armed forces personnel 42,000
Democracy score 5.96
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 1.32 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 27.38 %


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Coordinates: [13°83′N, -88°91′S]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 2 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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