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El Salvador

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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: 6,364,943 people
  • political leader: Nayib Bukele (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [13°83′N, -88°91′W]

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Summary

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 6,364,943 people and uses the currency U.S. dollar. The President is Nayib Bukele.

Environment see more

El Salvador is one of the countries in Americas, countries in Central America and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 11,957.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 6.31 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 7.97 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • 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: 5,793 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 48.43 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 13.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 23.20
  • Methane emissions: 3.54 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.14 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 3,335,102 people
  • Male population: 3,029,841 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 21.90 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 18,676.37 km²
  • Rural population: 1,566,222 people
  • Urban land area: 1,559.87 km²
  • Urban population: 4,798,721 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.26 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in El Salvador by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in El Salvador

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in El Salvador

Evolution of historical net energy imports in El Salvador

Evolution of historical fertility rate in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

El Salvador relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

El Salvador relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in El Salvador

Evolution of historical internet access in El Salvador

Evolution of historical land area in El Salvador

Evolution of historical median age in El Salvador

Evolution of historical methane emissions in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between population and methane emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in El Salvador

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

El Salvador relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in El Salvador

Evolution of historical male population in El Salvador

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in El Salvador

Evolution of historical total rural land area in El Salvador

Evolution of historical rural population in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in El Salvador

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between date and population over time

El Salvador relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

El Salvador relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in El Salvador

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

El Salvador relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

El Salvador relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

El Salvador relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

El Salvador relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

El Salvador relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

El Salvador relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

El Salvador relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

El Salvador relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

El Salvador relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in El Salvador

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in El Salvador

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in El Salvador

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in El Salvador

Distribution of sites in El Salvador by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in El Salvador by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in El Salvador

Geographical distribution of wildfires in El Salvador by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in El Salvador

Cities in El Salvador

Sites in El Salvador

Wildfires in El Salvador

Business see more

  • Central government debt: 65.98 % of GDP
  • Expense: 24.88 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 34,015,620,000.00 current US$
  • Inflation: 4.05 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 36.53 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 19.69 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 2.76 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 32.07 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from El Salvador by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in El Salvador

Evolution of historical expense in El Salvador

Evolution of historical GDP in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in El Salvador

Evolution of historical self employed in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in El Salvador

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in El Salvador

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in El Salvador

Distribution of shops in El Salvador by country

Companies in El Salvador

Exchanges in El Salvador

Shops from El Salvador

Health see more

  • 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

Distribution of diseases in El Salvador by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in El Salvador by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

El Salvador relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

El Salvador relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

El Salvador relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

El Salvador relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in El Salvador

Evolution of historical health expenditure in El Salvador

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in El Salvador

Evolution of historical hospital beds in El Salvador

Evolution of historical life expectancy in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

El Salvador relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in El Salvador

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in El Salvador

Evolution of historical covid cases in El Salvador

Evolution of historical covid deaths in El Salvador

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in El Salvador

Diseases in El Salvador

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 42,000 people
  • 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 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in El Salvador

El Salvador relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

El Salvador relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

El Salvador relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

El Salvador relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

El Salvador relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

El Salvador relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

El Salvador relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in El Salvador

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in El Salvador

Distribution of politicians from El Salvador by birth date

Distribution of politicians from El Salvador by gender

Political parties in El Salvador

Politicians from El Salvador

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from El Salvador by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in El Salvador

Distribution of competitions by city in El Salvador

Distribution of competitions by country in El Salvador

Distribution of competitions in El Salvador by start date

Distribution of medals won by El Salvador at the Olympics

Athletes from El Salvador

Competitions in El Salvador

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from El Salvador by birth date

Distribution of artists from El Salvador by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in El Salvador by visitors

Artists from El Salvador

Museums in El Salvador

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in El Salvador by total students

Distribution of universities in El Salvador by foundation year

Universities in El Salvador

In literature

There are 137 books written about El Salvador in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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