International Rankings of El Salvador 2022, 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	44	9	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	86	586000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	47	55 %	2020
Internet users - total	104	3.567 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	14	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	74	894000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	17	153	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	90	9.949 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	104	6.517 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	101	5.886 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	50	2.5 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	104	27.023 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	117	27.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	73	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	87	44.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	104	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	67	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	75	27.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	91	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	51	3.6 %	2017
Labor force	104	2.908 million US Dollars	2019
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	67	21 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	80	58 %	2011
Population below poverty line	73	22.8	2019
Public debt	19	67.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	106	52.260 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	101	8100 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	96	23.7 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	80	15.1	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	101	9.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	89	11.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	121	2000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	102	7.630 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	116	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	107	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	113	6.443 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	83	158.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	61	1.450 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	110	2.586 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	116	795.800 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	14	12.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	119	28.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	3	22.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	61	30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	14	7.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	126	24.124 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	97	59100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	112	347 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	82	49280 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	110	7.17 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	121	4.71 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	75	23.42 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	12	74.7	2018
Land use - arable land	25	33.1	2018
Land use - forest	124	13.6	2018
Land use - other	144	11.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	24	10.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	45	30.7	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	56	0.6 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	108	26.270 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	77	1.431 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	79	213.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	76	474.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	93	1.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	51	75.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	148	20721 sq km	0
Area - total	148	21041 sq km	0
Area - water	92	320153 sq km	0
Coastline	114	307 km	0
Elevation - highest point	66	2730 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	76	442 meters	0
Irrigated land	117	274 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	126	590 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	12	74.7	2018
Land use - arable land	25	33.1	2018
Land use - forest	124	13.6	2018
Land use - other	144	11.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	24	10.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	45	30.7	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	55	18.82	0501
Age structure - 25-54 years	96	40.51	4163
Age structure - 55-64 years	122	7.23	0461
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	93	1.5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	64	1.37 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	102	2.94 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	87	0.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	80	17.87 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	65	5 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	20	71.9 %	2014
Current health expenditure	40	7.2 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	130	5.91 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	83	12.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	81	8.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	105	51.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	89	39 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	5	99.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	76	5.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	83	1.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	0.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	43	4.1 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	58	1.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	112	10.41 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	106	13.79 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	107	12.14 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	81	79.04 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	106	71.88 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	95	75.37 years	0
Literacy - female	59	87.3 %	2019
Literacy - male	45	91.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	53	89.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	82	46 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	95	29.3 years	2020
Median age - male	98	26.2 years	0
Median age - total	93	27.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	67	20.8	2008
Net migration rate	161	6.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	45	24.6 %	2016
Physicians density	52	2.87 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	105	6.569 million	2022
Population growth rate	107	0.57 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	92	2.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	106	0.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	12 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	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	20	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	34	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	49	0.72	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.68 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	93	1.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	118	14.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	110	7.9 %	2020
Total fertility rate	77	2.05 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	93	1.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	51	75.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	80	15.1	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	101	9.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	89	11.6	0
Transportation
Airports	65	68	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	47	11	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	46	63	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	33	51	2021
Heliports	21	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	132	2	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	85	10.730 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	74	2.545 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	87	13	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	126	12.5 km	2014
Roadways - paved	88	5341 km	2017
Roadways - total	111	9012 km	2017
Waterways	83	422 km	2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding El Salvador on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of El Salvador 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about El Salvador 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.