Country profile · SLV
El Salvador
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 6.3M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 0.9%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 43 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.78
- Expected years of schooling
- 11.0 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 31%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 16% / 2%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.39
- Urban population
- 75%
- Employment in agriculture
- 15%
- Internet use
- 63%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.42%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.4 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 31%
- Women married before age 18
- 20%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 6.47
Religion
- Christianity88%
- No religion12%
Major cities
- San Salvador
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
Common migration destinations
- the United States