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Key facts

  • Continent: Americas
  • Number of countries: 8
  • Land area: 2,452,110 km²
  • Population: 178,574,337

Latest news

China makes another move to expel Taiwan from Central America

Read: The Hill

2024-02-21

Higher Education in Central America: Poor Quality and Unaffordable for the Poor

Read: Global Issues

2024-01-30

In Central America, a press freedom crisis is quietly unfolding

Read: Le Monde

2023-12-23

A New Answer for Migrants in Central America: Bus Them North

Read: The New York Times

2023-11-08

Tropical system to bring rain to Central America

Read: Daily Telegraph

2023-11-03

Analyzing cost and profitability of specialty coffee in Central America

Read: Phys

2023-11-03

Invest 97 heads toward Central America

Read: Daily Telegraph

2023-11-02

Metrics

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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Datasets

Source

World Bank

Updated: 23 days ago

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