El Salvador is a lower middle income country, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of $3431.1 in 2010. Before the global financial crisis, the Salvadoran economy since 1990 had experienced an average growth rate of 3.9%. The country had a population of 6.2 million people in 2010. It is the smallest and most densely populated Central American country. Approximately 68.9% of the population is urban. The proportion of extremely poor people between 1991 and 2004 has reduced from 33% to 15%, placing the country on a favorable path to reach the Millennium Development Goal on poverty.
A key area of concern for continued development relates to the country’s compliance environmental sustainability, especially in terms of reducing CO2 emissions, and maintaining a minimum percentage of land as protected forest areas.
Population: 60.5 million
Human development ranking: 105/187
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