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Key facts
- Continent: Americas
- Number of countries: 8
- Land area: 2,452,110 km²
- Population: 178,574,337
Latest news
Higher Education in Central America: Poor Quality and Unaffordable for the Poor
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2024-01-30
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General information
Business
Central government debt | 236.39 % of GDP |
Expense | 21.68 % of GDP |
GDP | 1,789,330,000,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 58.95 annual % |
Self Employed Pct | 38.18 |
Tax Revenue Pct Gdp | 15.23 |
Unemployment Pct | 6.19 |
Vulnerable Employment Pct | 32.96 |
Environment
Agricultural land | 1,157,750.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 6.02 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 437,028.00 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 5.74 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 8.55 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 33.64 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.53 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 29.42 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 22.11 % of total |
Net energy imports | 43.14 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 2.07 births per woman |
Forest area | 878,253 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 50.00 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 59,115.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 22.93 years |
Methane emissions | 184,886.00 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 59,532.40 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Population Female | 91,082,460 |
Population Male | 87,491,874 |
Renewable Energy Consumption Pct | 37.49 |
Rural Land | 2,419,030.00 |
Rural Population | 43,191,457 |
Urban Land | 38,288.20 |
Urban Population | 135,382,880 |
Urban Population Under 5M | 4.40 |
Health
Birth Rate | 17.64 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 6.83 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 509.27 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 8.09 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.17 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital Beds | 1.07 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 72 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 5.24 |
Other
Access to electricity | 96.14 % of population |
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 927,077 |
Individuals using the Internet | 63.34 % of population |
Net migration | -84,733 |
Press freedom | 22.14 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 501,000 |
Democracy score | 42.13 |
Military expenditure | 0.90 % of GDP |
Women Parliament Seats Pct | 32.27 |
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Updated: 23 days ago