International Rankings of El Salvador 2024, 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	45	9.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	89	586000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	55	63.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	109	3.969 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	14.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	76	862717	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	9	175.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	88	11.071 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	54	0.50 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	41	26.50 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	106	7.273 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	105	6.448 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	54	2.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	144	1.457 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	102	17.240 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	138	1.00	2021
Exports	115	8.491 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	107	27.023 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	125	27.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	78	15.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	21	84.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	92	44.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	109	16.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	69	12.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	79	27.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	102	60.30 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	52	39 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	45	32.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	29	2.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	100	15.754 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	32	9.47 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	95	3.47 %	2021
Labor force	115	2.658 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	78	23 %	2019
Public debt	58	71.41 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	111	57.371 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	30	10.28 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	124	9100 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	6	26	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	114	3.426 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	96	18.66 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	125	5.94 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	88	18.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	114	11.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	100	13.70 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	126	2000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	104	7.630 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	123	7.632 million	2019
Coal - consumption	121	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	111	1000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	115	6.443 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	87	158.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	64	1.450 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	112	2.586 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	119	795.800 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	22	94	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	13	98	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	7	99	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	14	12.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	129	28.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	3	22.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	62	30.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	15	7.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	131	24.124 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	99	59100 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	117	347 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	84	49280 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	113	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	125	5 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	70	22 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	13	75	2018
Land use - arable land	26	33	2018
Land use - forest	135	14	2018
Land use - permanent crops	26	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	47	31	2018
Revenue from forest resources	59	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	115	26.270 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	76	1.430 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	75	210.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	73	470.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	96	1.33	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	58	75	2023
Geography
Area - land	153	20721 sq km	N/A
Area - total	156	21041 sq km	N/A
Area - water	125	320 sq km	N/A
Coastline	130	307 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	69	2730 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	79	442 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	123	274 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	134	590 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	13	75	2018
Land use - arable land	26	33	2018
Land use - forest	135	14	2018
Land use - permanent crops	26	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	47	31	2018
Population Density	44	318.63 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	37	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	95	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	67	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	106	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	76	17.50 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - women married by age 15	32	4	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	40	20	2021
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	59	5 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	20	71.90 %	2014
Current health expenditure	23	10 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	90	55 %	2023
Death rate	69	5.90 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	92	12.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	82	8.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	112	51.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	93	39.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	5	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	80	6 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	86	2 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	45	4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	71	0.99 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	108	10.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	104	13.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	104	11.90 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	57	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	79	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	72	76 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	65	87 %	2019
Literacy - male	44	91 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	54	89 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	88	43.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	100	31 years	N/A
Median age - male	106	28 years	N/A
Median age - total	94	29 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	69	21	2008
Net migration rate	107	7.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	48	24.60 %	2016
Physicians density	52	2.87 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	109	6.602 million	2023
Population growth rate	121	0.46 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	98	3 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	113	1 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	33	0.90 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.92 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	88	2.04 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	96	1.33	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	58	75	2023
Transportation
Airports	102	27	2024
Merchant marine - total	137	5	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	88	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	13.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	63	13	2014
Railways - total	102	13 km	2014
Roadways - paved	62	5341 km	2017
Roadways - total	86	9012 km	2017
Waterways	87	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.

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