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El Salvador

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El Salvador is a country. The capital city is San Salvador, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 20,720 km², a population of 6,309,624 people and uses the currency U.S. dollar. The President is Nayib Bukele.

Key facts

currency: U.S. dollar
capital city: San Salvador
region: Central America
continent: Americas
land area: 20,720 km²
population: 6,309,624 people
political leader: Nayib Bukele (President)

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central government debt: 101.70 % of GDP
expense: 27.55 % of GDP
GDP: 34,015,620,000.00 current US$
inflation: 4.05 annual %
self-employed workers: 36.34 % of total employment
tax revenue: 20.61 % of GDP
unemployment: 2.99 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 31.51 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 42,000 people
democracy score: 5.96
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 49,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 67.70 % of population
military expenditure: 1.28 % of GDP
net migration: -23,253 people
press freedom: 2.62
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 27.38 %
birth rate: 15.80 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.17 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 442.21 current US$
health expenditure: 9.72 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.13 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.16 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 71
suicide mortality rate: 6.10 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 11,957.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 6.31 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 8.38 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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: 1.78 births per woman
forest area: 5,748 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 48.43 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 13.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 23.00
methane emissions: 3.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.06 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 3,312,439 people
male population: 2,997,185 people
renewable energy consumption: 21.90 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 18,676.37 km²
rural population: 1,552,609 people
urban land area: 1,559.87 km²
urban population: 4,757,015 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.26 % of total population

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Location on a map: 13°83′N, -88°91′W

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