El Salvador
| Official Name: | The Republic of El Salvador |
| Sovereign Status: | Sovereign Country |
| Government Type: | Presidential Republic |
| Official Name (Local Language): | Republica de El Salvador |
| ISO Country Codes: | SV : SLV |
| Internet Domain: | .sv |
| Government Web Site: | https://www.presidencia.gob.sv/ |
| Capital: | San Salvador | Main Airports: | Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero |
| Language(s): | Spanish | Population: | 6,568,745 |
| Currency: | El Salvador Colon | ISO Currency Code: | SVC |
| Telephone Dial In: | +503 | ID Prefix: | 00 |
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Association of Caribbean States;
Central American Integration System;
Community of Democracies;
Inter Parliamentary Union;
Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos;
Organization of American States;
Pacific Alliance;
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Sistema Economico Latinoamericano;
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El Salvador
| Government Website: | https://www.presidencia.gob.sv/ |
| Sovereign Ratings: | https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/el-salvador |
| Central Bank: | Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador |
| Currency USD Exchange Rate: | 8.75 El Salvador Colons per US Dollar |
| Unemployment Rate: | 7% (2017 est.) |
| Population below poverty line: | 32.7% (2016 est.) |
| Inflation Rate: | 0% (2019 est.) |
| Prime Lending Rate: | 6.47% (31-Dec-17 - Photius) |
| GDP: | $57.371 billion (2021 est.) |
| GDP Pro Capita (PPP): | $9,100 (2021 est.) |
| Currency Name: | El Salvador Colon |
| Currency Code: | SVC |
| World Bank Classification: | Lower-Middle Income Economy |
GDP Composition:
| Agriculture: | 10.6% | coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, dairy products |
| Industry: | 25.3% | food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals |
| Services: | 64.1% |
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| Business Language(s): | Spanish |
| Customs & Excise: | Ministerio de Hacienda |
| Development Bank(s): | Inter-American Development Bank; La Banca de Desarrollo; |
| National Standards Bureau: | Organismo Salvadoreño de Normalización |
| Competitive Ind’l Performance: 115/184 (2021) | Corruption Perceptions Index: 116/180 (2022 Rank) |
| Ease of Doing Business: N/A | Enabling Trade Index: 74/136 (2016) |
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