The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

1.4% (2003 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $4,800 (2003 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9.4% industry: 31.2% services: 59.3% (2003)

      Investment (gross fixed):

       16.2% of GDP (2003)

      Population below poverty line:

       48% (1999 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.3% (2001)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

       52.2 (1998)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       2.1% (2003 est.)

      Labor force:

       2.62 million (2003)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       agriculture 30%, industry 15%, services 55% (1999 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $2.434 billion

       expenditures: $2.625 billion, including capital expenditures of NA

       (2003 est.)

      Public debt:

       43.7% of GDP (2003)

      Agriculture - products:

       coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp;

       beef, dairy products

      Industries:

       food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer,

       textiles, furniture, light metals

      Industrial production growth rate:

       1.6% (2003 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       3.729 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       3.777 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       44 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       353 million kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       39,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Current account balance:

       $-734 million (2003)

      Exports:

       $3.162 billion (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles,

       chemicals, electricity

      Exports - partners:

       US 67.8%, Guatemala 11.5%, Honduras 5.9% (2003)

      Imports:

       $5.466 billion (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs,

       petroleum, electricity

      Imports - partners:

       US 50%, Guatemala 8.1%, Mexico 5.5% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $2.061 billion (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $6.575 billion (2003 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       total $252 million; $57 million from US (1995)

      Currency:

       US dollar (USD)

      Currency code:

       USD

      Exchange rates:

       the US dollar is the legal tender

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications El Salvador

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       752,600 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1,149,800 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system

       international: country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave

       System

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       2.75 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       5 (1997)

      Televisions:

       600,000 (1990)

      Internet country code:

       .sv

      Internet hosts:

       4,084 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       4 (2000)

      Internet users:

       550,000 (2003)

      Transportation El Salvador

      Railways:

       total: 283 km

       narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge

       note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by

       disuse and lack of maintenance (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 10,029 km

       paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       Rio Lempa partially navigable (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo

      Merchant marine:

       none

      Airports:

       73 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 69 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 54 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (2003 est.)

      Military El Salvador

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service, with 12-month service obligation; 16 years of age for volunteers (2002)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 1,571,299 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 995,672 (2004 est.)

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