• Capital: San Salvador
  • Population: 6,365,000
  • Surface Area: 21,040 km2
  • Currency: United States dollars
  • Religion: Mostly Christianity
  • Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA

El Salvador, is a country located at Central America, it has an area of 21,040 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

El Salvador, with a population of 6,365,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a high population density, with 303 people per km2.

It's capital is San Salvador and its currency is United States dollars

El Salvador is holding the 104 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 26,632 millions of euros (28,805 millions of dollars), ( 84.68% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €4,184 euros per inhabitant$4,526 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in El Salvador was on January of 2025 and it was 0.3%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of El Salvador, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.674 points in 2022, leaving it in 127th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit El Salvador are business, you must know it's in the 91th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of El Salvador, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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El Salvador Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€31,450M
Annual GDP [+]2023$34,016M
GDP per capita [+]2023€4,941
GDP per capita [+]2023$5,344
Debt (M.€.) [+]202326,632
Debt ($M) [+]202328,805
Debt (%GDP) [+]202384.68%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€4,184
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$4,526
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-1,470
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-1,590
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-4.67%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20239,697.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]202310,489.0
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20221,375.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,079.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20224.53%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20211,555.8
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20211,840.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202120.00%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023403.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023436.7
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20234.66%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202330.84%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€1,524
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$1,648
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€217
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$229
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€246
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021$291
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€63
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$69
Moody's Rating [+]11/26/2024B3
S&P Rating [+]11/07/2023B-
Fitch Rating [+]05/05/2023RD
Corruption Index [+]202331
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019103º
Fragile States Index [+]202468.7
RTI Raking [+]202414º
Innovation Ranking [+]202498º
Labour
NMW [+]2024$365.0
NMW [+]2024€330.3
Human Capital Ranking [+]201795º
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]January 20250.3%
PPI Year on Year [+]April 20241.9%
Business
Doing Business [+]202091º
IPI Year on Year [+]November 2024-2.3%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20196,400
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20191.27
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201541.73
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202123.3%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201213.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202030.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20221,891,000
Exports [+]2023€6,009.5M
Exports [+]2023$6,498.1M
Exports % GDP [+]202319.11%
Imports [+]2023€14,471.8M
Imports [+]2023$15,648.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202346.01%
Trade balance [+]2023€-8,462.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$-9,150.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-26.91%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201554º
Density [+]2023303
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024107º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20175,050.5
% Immigrant [+]20200.68%
% Emigrant [+]202025.41%
Birth Rate [+]202215.80‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017149.7
Crude death rate [+]20228.17‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.79
% risk of poverty [+]202226.6%
Population [+]20236,365,000
Immigrant stock [+]202042,767
Emigrant stock [+]20201,599,058
HDI [+]20220.674
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202496º
Life expectancy [+]202271.48
Suicides [+]2015678
Suicide rate [+]201510.88
Number of homicides [+]2022496
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20227.90
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20231.27
Consumption GWh [+]20236,335
Generation GWh [+]20236,496
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20244,230
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024201,920
Fully vaccinated [+]10/02/20224,344,286
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024664.57
Doses administered [+]10/02/202211,289,175