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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	23 438	24 921	34 016^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.4	-7.9	3.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 790.0	3 997.0	5 391.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	6.1	5.9	5.2^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	27.8	26.2	27.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	66.1	67.9	66.9^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	18.1	15.8	14.8^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	22.2	23.4	23.4^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	59.7	60.9	61.9^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4	5	2.7ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	45.1 / 74.6	43.4 / 72.4ⁱ	46.8 / 77.1ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	108	111	128^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	96	98	102^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	5 509	4 805	6 447^k
International trade: imports (million current US$)	10 293	9 888	15 973^k
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 4 784	- 5 082	- 9 525^k
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-754	277	-633^k

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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	76.7 / 68.0^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.6 / 10.1	26.3 / 10.9	24.4 / 11.9^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	42.1 / 0.7	42.8 / 0.7	43.3 / 0.7^k
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	72.8	126.3^k
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	15.4	12.8	10.9^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	8.8	9^p,q	9.8^p,q,r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	3^s	1.6^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.1 / 105.9	91.0 / 90.6	91.3 / 90.9^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.7 / 87.8	82.5 / 80.6	81.2 / 76.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	57.0 / 52.4	54.2 / 50.5	55.8 / 49.1^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	107.6	21.5	7.9^r
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	27.4	33.3^t	31.7^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	26.8^u	54.6^u	67.7^i,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^v	0.2	0.2^w
Threatened species (number)	83	107	214^k
Forested area (% of land area)	29.3	28.2	27.7^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	6.4 / 1.0	5.8 / 0.9	7.6 / 1.2^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	79	84	89^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	28	27	32^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 402	549	1 891^r
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	28	28	28^k
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	80.6 / ...	79.1 / ...	78.6 / ...^r
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	17.8 / ...	17.6 / ...	17.4 / ...^r
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.4	1.46	1.56^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the urban parts of the municipalities San Salvador, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Delgado, Ilopango, Cuscatancingo, Ayutuxtepeque and San Marcos.
d		2019
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Urban areas.
k		2024
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		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		2022
s		2018
t		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
u		Population aged 10 years and over.
v		Break in the time series.
w		2021