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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)
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Metrics
General information
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 | 2.77 % 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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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
