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/

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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

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO;

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Association of Caribbean States; Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina;

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Agencia de Prensa Salvadoreña;

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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%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Consejo Monetario Centroamericano; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa de Valores de El Salvador ;

National Statistics Office:

Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

El Salvador

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

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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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