Country
El Salvador
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- San Salvador
- ISO code
- SV · SLV
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 6.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 12,050 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 72.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.5 t CO₂
Population
- Population 6.4M 2025 112th of 214
- Population density 306 people/km² 2024 38th of 212
- Population growth 0.43 % per year 2025 145th of 214
- Natural increase 8.2 per 1,000 people 2023 110th of 228
- Net migration -3.8 per 1,000 people 2025 182nd of 214
- Fertility rate 1.77 births per woman 2024 119th of 214
- Urban population 75.5 % 2025 71st of 214
- Median age 27.0 years 2023 147th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 8.3 % 2025 113th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 12.3 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 112th of 214
- Children under 15 24.4 % 2025 97th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 72.3 years 2024 133rd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 76.5 years 2024 124th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 67.8 years 2024 148th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 8.7 years 2024 10th of 214
- Infant mortality 8.8 per 1,000 births 2024 119th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 10.0 per 1,000 births 2024 119th of 195
- Maternal mortality 39 per 100,000 births 2023 104th of 193
- Health spending per person 501 USD 2023 90th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,176 $ (PPP) 2023 90th of 191
- Physicians 1.62 per 1,000 people 2023 93rd of 179
- Hospital beds 1.2 per 1,000 people 2023 111th of 150
- Measles immunization 96 % 2024 45th of 191
- Undernourishment 5.3 % 2024 75th of 165
- Tobacco use 8.2 % 2024 144th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,896 kcal per day 2023 100th of 175
- Meat supply 45.6 kg per person per year 2023 103rd of 175
Economy
- GDP 36.7B USD 2025 108th of 185
- GDP per capita 5,767 USD 2025 112th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 12,050 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 115th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 9,219 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 96th of 165
- GDP growth 3.9 % 2025 73rd of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.5 % 2025 61st of 185
- Inflation 0.3 % 2025 153rd of 169
- Unemployment 3.3 % 2025 131st of 181
- Youth unemployment 7.8 % 2025 135th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 19.1 % 2025 65th of 150
- Trade 86 % of GDP 2024 79th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 39.8 2023 40th of 151
- Extreme poverty 4.6 % 2023 58th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 4.5 % of GDP 2024 106th of 187
- Women in the labour force 49.1 % 2025 120th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.678 2023 131st of 192
- Literacy rate 89.8 % 2024 66th of 122
- Education spending 3.3 % of GDP 2022 111th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 66 % 2023 121st of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 32 % 2023 91st of 127
- Primary completion rate 81 % 2023 111th of 135
- Women in parliament 31.7 % 2025 64th of 183
- Homicide rate 21.5 per 100,000 people 2020 14th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 66 % 2024 126th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 180 per 100 people 2023 7th of 172
- Fixed broadband 11.6 per 100 people 2023 96th of 169
- Access to electricity 98.7 % 2024 135th of 212
- Safely managed sanitation 36 % 2024 98th of 140
- Research and development 0.10 % of GDP 2023 77th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 9.5 Mt CO₂ 2024 112th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.5 t CO₂ 2024 125th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 1.42 t CO₂ 2024 146th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.3 Gt CO₂ 2024 121st of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 2.3 t CO₂e 2024 138th of 201
- Forest area 33.0 % of land 2024 104th of 208
- Water stress 12 % 2022 84th of 176
- Arable land 34.8 % of land 2024 21st of 205
- Renewable energy 21.9 % of final energy 2021 101st of 210
- Renewable electricity 91.8 % of electricity 2024 17th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 2.3 % of electricity 2024 72nd of 193
- Electricity from solar 19.6 % of electricity 2024 12th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 107 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 169th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,020 kWh 2024 131st of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 29.6 µg/m³ 2023 51st of 199
El Salvador on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSpanish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldUS dollar (USD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−6Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 115 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map17 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 4 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)