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El Salvador: Statistics

Economy 
Budget Expenditures $5.32 billion (2011 est.)
Budget revenues $4.41 billion (2012 )
Debt - external $12.18 billion (2011 est.)
Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index 46.9% (2007 )
Electricity Consumption 5.756 billion kWh (2011 est.)
Electricity Exports 101.6 million kWh (2011 est.)
Electricity Imports 215.8 million kWh (2011 est.)
Electricity Production 5.728 billion kWh (2011 est.)
Exports $5.40 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - purchasing power parity $44.58 billion (2011 est.)
Note: data are in 2011 US dollars
GDP - real growth rate 1.4% (2011 est.)
Imports $9.80 billion (2011 est.)
Industrial production growth rate 1.8% (2011 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 5.1% (2011 est.)
Labor force 2.581 million (2011 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Imports 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2011 est.)
Oil Consumption 44.04 thousand bbl/day (2011 est.)
Oil Exports 2.315 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Imports 45.06 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Production 15.64 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Proved Reserves 0 bbl (2011 est.)
Unemployment rate 7% (2011 est.)
Note: data are official rates; but the economy has much underemployment
People 
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate 0.8% (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate 19.66 deaths per 1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Population 6,090,646 (2012 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line 36.5% (2010 est.)
Population growth rate 0.303% (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.04 children per woman (2012 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Nationality:
noun: Salvadoran(s) adjective: Salvadoran
Religions:
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
Languages:
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
Geography 
Location:
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
Area
Total:21,041 sq. km
Land:20,721 sq. km
Water:320 sq. km
Coastline: 307 km
Climate:
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
Terrain:
mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point:Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest Point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
International Organization Participation:
BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Technology 
Airports 65 (2012 )
Cellular Telephones 8,316,000 (2011 est.)
Highways 10,886 (2000 )
Internet Hosts 24,070 (2012 )
Internet Users 746,000 (2009 )
Railways 283 (2010 )
Telephones 1,030,000 (2011 est.)

Sources:

CIA World Factbook

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