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El Salvador

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🌍Population
2024

6.3M

111th of 217 countries

💰GDP per Capita
2025

$5,767

113th of 186 countries

❤️Life Expectancy
2024

72.3 yrs

135th of 217 countries

🌫️Emissions per Capita
2024

1.51 t

126th of 203 countries

📉Unemployment
2025

3.3%

132nd of 182 countries

🔥Inflation
2025

0.3%

153rd of 169 countries

⚖️Inequality
2023

29.7%

20th of 60 countries

🛡️Military Spending
2025

1.3%

91st of 150 countries

🏥Healthcare
2023

$501

91st of 191 countries

🌐Internet Users
2024

66.5%

126th of 182 countries

⚡Electricity Access
2024

98.7%

138th of 215 countries

🎓Human Development
2022

0.674

127th of 193 countries

🏚️Poverty
2023

4.6%

12th of 60 countries

👶Fertility Rate
2024

1.77

121st of 217 countries

🏙️Urbanization
2024

75.1%

73rd of 217 countries

😮‍💨Air Pollution
2023

29.6 µg/m³

51st of 200 countries

🏛️Gov. Debt
2024

107.3%

4th of 34 countries

✈️Tourism
2020

707,000

70th of 132 countries

🍼Child Mortality
2024

10.0 / 1k

120th of 196 countries

📚Literacy Rate
2024

89.8%

21st of 29 countries

🌲Forest Area
2024

33.0%

105th of 209 countries

👴Aging Population
2025

8.3%

115th of 217 countries

🌏Foreign Investment
2025

2.1%

91st of 184 countries

🚢Trade
2025

88.2%

60th of 138 countries

♻️Renewables
2021

66.9%

2nd of 208 countries

🎒Education
2024

3.3%

32nd of 40 countries

💸Remittances
2025

27.5%

5th of 131 countries

📱Mobile
2024

176.5

10th of 151 countries

🍩Obesity
2022

66.2%

41st of 196 countries

🔫Homicide Rate
2022

7.9 / 100k

30th of 105 countries

👩‍⚖️Women in Parliament
2025

31.7%

64th of 184 countries

🏭Total Emissions
2024

15 Mt

129th of 203 countries

🔍Corruption
2023

32.1

137th of 205 countries

Data from World Bank Open Data

Global rankings · El Salvador

  • ›In 2021, El Salvador ranks 2nd out of 208 countries in renewable electricity (66.9%) — placing it in the top 1% globally.
  • ›In 2025, El Salvador ranks 5th out of 131 countries in remittances received (27.5%) — placing it in the top 4% globally.
  • ›In 2024, El Salvador ranks 10th out of 151 countries in mobile subscriptions (176.5) — placing it in the top 7% globally.
  • ›El Salvador records 0.3% in inflation rate (2025), ranking 153rd out of 169 countries — in the bottom 9% globally.
  • ›El Salvador's education spending is 3.3% (2024), ranking 32nd out of 40 countries — below the global average.

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