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IndicatorSLVEl SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #100
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile36.2rank #135
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #128
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #133
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.36rank #118
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile47.8rank #112
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #100
Military spending% GDP1.2%rank #98
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.16rank #111
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile66rank #102
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile52.1rank #106
Rule of Law0-100 percentile44.7rank #147
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.08rank #147
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.32rank #98
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.09rank #134
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile43rank #142
Women in parliament% seats31.7%rank #61
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.59rank #111
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment13.9%rank #95
Agriculture value added% GDP4.4%rank #94
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker58,053.4rank #125
Current account balance% GDP-3.5%rank #69
Employment-to-population ratio%60.4%rank #67
External debt stocks% GNI75.4%rank #90
FDI net inflows% GDP2.1%rank #43
GDPcurrent US$36.71Brank #108
GDP growth%3.9%rank #73
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$5,766.7rank #113
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $12,050rank #115
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $10,594.8rank #118
Government expenditure% GDP27.9%rank #41
Gross capital formation% GDP26.3%rank #39
Gross savings% GDP22.8%rank #43
High-technology exports% manuf. exports5.5%rank #77
Human capital indexindex2.3rank #101
Industry value added% GDP24.5%rank #81
Inflation%0.26%rank #17
Labour force participation rate%62.4%rank #82
Personal remittances received% GDP27.5%rank #3
R&D expenditure% GDP0.1%rank #77
Researchers in R&Dper million55.5rank #71
Tax revenue% GDP21.8%rank #30
Trade openness% GDP88.2%rank #60
Unemployment% labor force3.3%rank #50
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.1%rank #48
Vulnerable employment% employment30.8%rank #97
Youth unemployment% ages 15-247.8%rank #47
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-247.9%rank #51
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop91.6%rank #112
Basic sanitation access% pop88%rank #106
Child mortalityper 1001rank #49
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,896.3rank #101
DTP3 immunization coverage%95%rank #5
Health spending% GDP9.3%rank #40
Infant mortalityper 1k births8.8rank #45
Life expectancyyears72.3rank #135
Maternal mortalityper 100k39rank #31
Measles immunization% children96%rank #4
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%96%rank #4
Physiciansper 1k1.6rank #31
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m329.6rank #150
Road traffic deathsper 100k20.9rank #85
Smoking prevalence% adults8.2%rank #15
Suicide mortality rateper 100k7.6rank #92
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k116rank #98
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births10rank #77
Undernourishment% pop6.7%rank #23
Education
Adult literacy%89.8%rank #21
Education spending% GDP3.3%rank #32
Expected years of schoolingyears11.1rank #155
Mean years of schoolingyears7.3rank #137
Primary completion rate% relevant age82.6%rank #91
Primary enrollment% gross89.9%rank #116
Secondary enrollment% gross62.1%rank #97
Tertiary enrollment% gross32.8%rank #65
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00015.6rank #100
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.8rank #121
Median age of populationyears27rank #135
Net migration rateper 1,000-3.7rank #177
Populationpeople6.37Mrank #112
Population growth%0.43%rank #146
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years77.5rank #124
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands6,663.3rank #116
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age49.7rank #153
Urban population%75.5%rank #61
Climate
CO₂ emissionst8.97Mrank #112
CO₂ per capitat1.4rank #138
Electricity access% pop98.7%rank #10
Electricity from hydro% generation30.3%rank #24
Electricity from solar% generation20.6%rank #9
Electricity from wind% generation3.1%rank #56
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita1,137rank #105
Forest area% land27.5%rank #113
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita2.3rank #41
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh137.8rank #21
Renewable electricity%86.5%rank #10
Renewable energy share%21.9%rank #91
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e14.5rank #58
Society
Asylum seekerspeople108,289rank #161
Extreme poverty% pop4.6%rank #25
Female labor participation%49.1%rank #121
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10012.5rank #90
Gender Development Indexratio0.98rank #41
Gender Inequality Index0-10.36rank #82
Gini indexindex39.8rank #36
Homicide rateper 100k7.9rank #76
Human Development Index0-10.68rank #102
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.56rank #86
Internally displaced personspeople71,500rank #9
Internet users% pop66.5%rank #124
Life satisfaction0-106.6rank #35
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.64rank #75
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #132
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #90
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.06rank #102
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.19rank #114
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people182rank #141
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people68,182rank #146
Youth NEET rate%22.1%rank #115
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year4rank #3
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.6rank #40
Human hazard & exposure0-103.4rank #29
INFORM risk score0-104.2rank #31
Lack of coping capacity0-103.6rank #28
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-102.6rank #23
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.5rank #24
Natural hazard & exposure0-105.6rank #43
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year88rank #21
Socio-economic vulnerability0-105rank #49
Vulnerability0-104.5rank #34
Vulnerable groups0-103.9rank #34
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