The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

(2007 est.)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      NA

      Stock of money:

      $1.802 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $764.1 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $9.729 billion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, dairy products; shrimp

      Industries:

      food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals

      Industrial production growth rate:

      3.4% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      5.338 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      4.426 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      8.64 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      11.08 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 44% hydro: 30.9% nuclear: 0% other: 25.1% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - consumption:

      44,330 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      4,963 bbl/day (2006)

      Oil - imports:

      45,210 bbl/day (2006)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$1.119 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $4.035 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

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

      Exports - partners:

      US 51%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 11.2%, Nicaragua 5.5% (2007)

      Imports:

      $8.108 billion (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

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

      Imports - partners:

      US 35.7%, Mexico 9.8%, Guatemala 8.5%, China 4.7% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $267.6 million of which $55 million from US (2005)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $2.199 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $9.574 billion (December 2007)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $5.918 billion (2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $384 million (2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $3.623 billion (2005)

      Currency (code):

      US dollar (USD)

      Currency code:

      USD

      Exchange rates:

      the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001

      Communications

       El Salvador

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      1.08 million (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      6.137 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: multiple mobile-cellular service providers are expanding services rapidly and in 2007 mobile-cellular density stood at nearly 90 per 100 persons; growth in fixed-line services has slowed in the face of mobile-cellular competition domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system international: country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)

      Radios:

      2.75 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      5 (1997)

      Televisions:

      600,000 (1990)

      Internet country code:

      .sv

      Internet hosts:

      11,434 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      4 (2000)

      Internet users:

      700,000 (2006)

      Transportation

       El Salvador

      Airports:

      65 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 61 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 48 (2007)

      Heliports:

      1 (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 562 km narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 10,886 km paved: 2,827 km (includes 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,059 km (2000)

      Waterways:

      Rio Lempa partially navigable for small craft (2007)

      Ports and terminals:

      Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco

      Military

       El Salvador

      Military branches:

      Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran Air Force