International Rankings of El Salvador 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of El Salvador, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of El Salvador, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	113	8	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	87	492265	0
Internet users - percent of population	161	33.82 %	2018
Internet users - total	120	2.154 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	110	13.73	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	78	882498	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	26	146.91	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	90	9.443 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	106	6.517 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	103	5.886 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	54	2.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	95	51.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	70	65.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	94	78.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	29	89.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	106	27.023 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	121	27.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	78	15.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	21	84.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	90	44.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	107	16.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	69	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	79	27.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	95	60.3 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	44	32.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	29	2.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	52	3.6 %	2017
Labor force	106	2.908 million US Dollars	2019
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	71	21 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	68	20 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	83	58 %	2011
Population below poverty line	76	22.8	2019
Public debt	19	67.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	108	56.636 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	120	8776 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	101	23.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	122	7.331 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	117	5.928 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	81	89.600 million kWh	2017
Electricity - from fossil fuels	49	49	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	48	23	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	13	29	2017
Electricity - imports	70	1.066 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	114	1.983 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	115	5.830 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	100	52000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	114	347 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	83	49280 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	112	7.17 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	124	4.71 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	77	23.42 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	13	74.7	2018
Land use - arable land	26	33.1	2018
Land use - forest	133	13.6	2018
Land use - other	152	11.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	26	10.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	46	30.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	57	0.6 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	111	26.270 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	78	1.431 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	81	213.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	78	474.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	95	1.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	64	74.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	152	20721 sq km	0
Area - total	152	21041 sq km	0
Area - water	95	320153 sq km	0
Coastline	123	307 km	0
Elevation - highest point	65	2730 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	78	442 meters	0
Irrigated land	110	452 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	129	590 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	13	74.7	2018
Land use - arable land	26	33.1	2018
Land use - forest	133	13.6	2018
Land use - other	152	11.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	26	10.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	46	30.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	110	26.270 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	57	18.82 %	0501
Age structure - 25-54 years	102	40.51 %	4163
Age structure - 55-64 years	131	7.23 %	0461
Birth rate	77	18.22 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	23	71.9 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	40	7.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	142	5.91 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	68	13.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	84	7.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	88	54.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	80	41.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	74	7.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	82	2.6 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	42	3.6 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	33	0.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	61	25000	2020
Hospital bed density	57	1.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	114	10.64 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	111	14.03 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	113	12.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	86	78.79 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	113	71.6 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	107	75.11 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	83	46	2017
Median age - female	99	29.3 years	2020
Median age - male	100	26.2 years	0
Median age - total	98	27.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	65	20.8	2008
Net migration rate	164	5.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	48	24.6 %	2016
Physicians density	90	1.57 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	107	6.528 million	2021
Population growth rate	109	0.67 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	99	5.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	101	1.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	105	0.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	38	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	49	0.73	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	80	2.07 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	89	12.8	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	101	8.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	102	9.9	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	95	1.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	64	74.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	65	68	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	47	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	46	63	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	33	51	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	87	10.730 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	75	2.545 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	89	13	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	129	13 km	2014
Roadways - paved	89	5341 km	2017
Roadways - total	112	9012 km	2017
Waterways	95	N/A km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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