{"id":125542,"date":"2023-06-28T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125542"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:31:31","slug":"el-salvador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/el-salvador\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> Republic of El Salvador <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 29 October 2009 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> El Salvador <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> San Salvador <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 21,041 sq km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 545 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 307 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indicadores econ\u00f3micos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices  <\/td> 24639<\/td>MIllions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>3799<\/td> USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-8.4<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services  (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>-43.9<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services  (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>25.5<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: El Salvador: Economic National Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population  <\/td>6486.2<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>74<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>78<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>69<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>7.1<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>98.3<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>84.2<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>59.6<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>3.4<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.42<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>6.9<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>-5.2<\/td>%<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: El Salvador: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications.ECLAC.
Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Spanish (official) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions: 14 departments (departamentos, singular – departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 15 September 1821 (from Spain) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 20 December 1983 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

note – the president is both the chief of state and head of government <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bead of government<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabinet:<\/strong> Council of Ministers selected by the president <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elections:<\/strong> president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a single five-year term; election last held 15 March 2009 (next to be held in March 2014) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve three-year terms) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges are assigned to four Supreme Court chambers – constitutional, civil, penal, and administrative conflict) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet code:<\/strong> .sv <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Web Portal:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.go.sv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: Republic of El Salvador  Date of membership: 29 October 2009  Short name: El Salvador  Capital: San Salvador  Geography  Location: Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras Area: 21,041 sq km Land boundaries: 545 km  Border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km  Coastline: 307 km  Natural resources: hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land  Environment – international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125542","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125542\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}