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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	23 438	24 930	32 489^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.4	-7.9	2.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 761.5	3 961.7	5 127.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	6.1	5.9	5.3^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	27.8	26.2	28.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	66.1	67.9	66.6^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	18.1	15.8	15^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	22.2	23.4	23.4^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	59.7	60.9	61.6^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4	5	2.7ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	45.0 / 74.5	43.2 / 72.2ⁱ	46.0 / 76.4ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	108	111	128^k
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	96	98	103^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	5 509	4 805	6 475^i,k
International trade: imports (million current US$)	10 293	9 888	15 651^i,k
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 4 784	- 5 082	- 9 176^i,k
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-754	277	-466^k

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.3	0.4	0.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	69.7	72.7^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.1	1.8	1.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	75.7 / 66.0	74.7 / 65.5	76.5 / 67.8^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.6 / 10.1	26.3 / 10.9	24.8 / 11.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	42.1 / 0.7ⁿ	42.8 / 0.7ⁿ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	72.8	81^k
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	15.4	12.8	11.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	8.8	9.1^p,q	9.7^p,q,r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	2.9^s	1.6^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.9	4.1	4.6^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.3 / 105.8	89.1 / 88.3^d	91.0 / 90.6^k
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.5 / 87.1	77.9 / 75.8^d	81.4 / 76.5^k
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	56.7 / 51.9	54.0 / 50.1	55.9 / 49.2^k
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	106.8	21.3	7.8^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	27.4	33.3^t	27.4^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^u (per 100 inhabitants)	26.8	54.6	62.9^i,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^v	0.2	0.2^r
Threatened species (number)	83	107	202^k
Forested area (% of land area)	29.3	28.2	28^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	6.4 / 1.0	6.2 / 1.0	7.2 / 1.1^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	79	87	87^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	28	28	31^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 402	549	1 891^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	28	28	28^k
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	80.6 / ...	79.1 / ...	78.6 / ...^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	17.8 / ...	17.6 / ...	17.4 / ...^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.4	1.47	0.79^r

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the urban parts of the municipalities San Salvador, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Delgado, Ilopango, Cuscatancingo, Ayutuxtepeque and San Marcos.
d		2019
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Urban areas.
k		2023
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		Last available data reported by the country using Government reports and national accounts data.
q		Data are based on SHA2011.
r		2021
s		2018
t		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
u		Population aged 10 years and over.
v		Break in the time series.