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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Economy

SALVADORAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp; beef, dairy products
Aid as % of GDP 1.4% [74th of 129]
Economic freedom 2.75 [26th of 156]
Exchange rates
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001
Exports to US $490,500,000.00 [58th of 224]
GDP > PPP $34,396,000,000.00 [83rd of 163]
Income category Lower middle income
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 1.2% [100th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 39.5% [21st of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 56.4% [18th of 114]
Innovation 12.5 [64th of 68]
Population under $1 a day 21 [29th of 59]
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0.12 % of world's poor [39th of 80]
Technological achievement 0.25 [49th of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 9,920 [25th of 183]
World Trade > Exports > Base metal handheld equipment 3,889 [64th of 110]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment 4,702 [75th of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment 11,169 [87th of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes 36,097 [70th of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes 15,392 [57th of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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