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: 6,309,624 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 6,309,624 people and uses the currency U.S. dollar. The President is Nayib Bukele.

Environment

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
  • 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): 13.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 23.00
  • Methane emissions: 3.54 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.14 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

Geographical distribution of cities in El Salvador by population

Cities in El Salvador

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in El Salvador

Evolution of historical forest area in El Salvador

Distribution of sites in El Salvador by inscription year

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in El Salvador

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in El Salvador

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in El Salvador

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in El Salvador

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population 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

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

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Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in El Salvador

Geographical distribution of sites in El Salvador by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in El Salvador

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

Evolution of historical population in El Salvador

Relationship between urban land area and population in El Salvador

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 rural land area in El Salvador

Evolution of historical rural population in El Salvador

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in El Salvador

Evolution of historical urban land area in El Salvador

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in El Salvador

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

Relationship between population and date in El Salvador

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in El Salvador

Evolution of historical agricultural land in El Salvador

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in El Salvador

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

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in El Salvador

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in El Salvador

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in El Salvador

Evolution of historical access to electricity in El Salvador

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in El Salvador

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in El Salvador

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in El Salvador

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in El Salvador

Sites in El Salvador

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in El Salvador

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

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

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in El Salvador

Proportion of transboundary sites in El Salvador

Geographical distribution of wildfires in El Salvador by mean width

Wildfires in El Salvador

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in El Salvador

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Politics

  • 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: 62.89 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.32 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -23,253 people
  • Press freedom: 2.62
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 27.38 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in El Salvador

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in El Salvador

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in El Salvador

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in El Salvador

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in El Salvador

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in El Salvador

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in El Salvador

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in El Salvador

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in El Salvador

Evolution of historical military expenditure in El Salvador

Evolution of historical net migration in El Salvador

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

Political parties in El Salvador

Distribution of politicians from El Salvador by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in El Salvador

Politicians from El Salvador

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Business

  • 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: 36.53 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 20.61 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 2.76 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 32.07 % of total employment

Shops in El Salvador

Proportion of CEOs per gender in El Salvador

Companies from El Salvador

Proportion of employee types in companies from El Salvador

Distribution of companies founded in El Salvador by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in El Salvador

Evolution of historical central government debt in El Salvador

Evolution of historical expense in El Salvador

Evolution of historical GDP in El Salvador

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in El Salvador

Evolution of historical inflation in El Salvador

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in El Salvador

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in El Salvador

Evolution of historical tax revenue in El Salvador

Evolution of historical unemployment in El Salvador

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in El Salvador

Exchanges in El Salvador

Proportion of shops per country in El Salvador

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Health

  • 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

Evolution of historical birth rate in El Salvador

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in El Salvador

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in El Salvador

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in El Salvador

Relationship between birth rate and median age in El Salvador

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in El Salvador

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in El Salvador

Evolution of historical death rate in El Salvador

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in El Salvador

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 at birth in El Salvador

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in El Salvador

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in El Salvador

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in El Salvador

Diseases in El Salvador

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in El Salvador

Proportion of diseases in El Salvador by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in El Salvador by start date

Evolution of historical cases in El Salvador

Evolution of historical deaths in El Salvador

Relationship between cases and deaths in El Salvador

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from El Salvador by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in El Salvador

Athletes from El Salvador

Proportion of competitions per city in El Salvador

Competitions in El Salvador

Proportion of competitions per country in El Salvador

Distribution of competitions in El Salvador by start date

Proportion of medals won by El Salvador in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from El Salvador

Distribution of artists from El Salvador by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in El Salvador

Geographical distribution of museums in El Salvador by visitors

Museums in El Salvador

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in El Salvador by total students

Distribution of universities in El Salvador per foundation year

Universities in El Salvador

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In literature

There are 137 books written about El Salvador in the database

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

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