El Salvador

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Economy overview

The smallest country in Central America, El Salvador has the third largest economy, but growth has been minimal in recent years. Hoping to stimulate the sluggish economy, the government is striving to open new export markets, encourage foreign investment, and modernize the tax and healthcare systems. Implementation in 2006 of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, which El Salvador was the first to ratify, has strengthened an already positive export trend. The trade deficit has been offset by annual remittances from Salvadorans living abroad - equivalent to more than 16% of GDP - and external aid. With the adoption of the US dollar as its currency in 2001, El Salvador has lost control over monetary policy and must concentrate on maintaining a disciplined fiscal policy. The current government has pursued economic diversification, with some success in promoting textile production, international port services, and tourism. It is committed to opening the economy to trade and investment, and has embarked on a wave of privatizations extending to telecom, electricity distribution, banking, and pension funds.

Gdp purchasing power parity

$33.68 billion (2006 est.)

Gdp official exchange rate

$15.16 billion (2006 est.)

Gdp real growth rate

4.2% (2006 est.)

Gdp per capita ppp

$4,900 (2006 est.)

Gdp composition by sector

agriculture: 9.7%
industry: 29.6%
services: 60.7% (2006 est.)

Labor force

2.856 million (2006 est.)

Labor force by occupation

agriculture: 17.1%
industry: 17.1%
services: 65.8% (2003 est.)

Unemployment rate

6% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line

35.2% (2005 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: 0.67%
highest 10%: 38.76% (2002)

Distribution of family income gini index

52.5 (2001)

Inflation rate consumer prices

4.9% (2006 est.)

Investment gross fixed

16.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget

revenues: $2.82 billion
expenditures: $2.94 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY07 est.)

Public debt

42.6% of GDP (2006)

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

2% (2006 est.)

Electricity production

5.293 billion kWh (2006)

Electricity consumption

5.204 billion kWh (2006)

Electricity exports

95.5 million kWh (2006)

Electricity imports

11.2 million kWh (2006)

Oil production

0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil consumption

43,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil exports

NA bbl/day

Oil imports

NA bbl/day

Oil proved reserves

0 bbl

Natural gas production

0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas consumption

0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance

-$1.059 billion (2006 est.)

Exports

$3.686 billion (2006 est.)

Exports commodities

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

Exports partners

US 49.8%, Guatemala 14.4%, Honduras 8.9%, Nicaragua 5.1% (2006)

Imports

$7.326 billion (2006 est.)

Imports commodities

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

Imports partners

US 30.6%, Guatemala 8.8%, Mexico 8.5%, Germany 6%, China 4.5%, Brazil 4.2% (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$1.951 billion (2006 est.)

Debt external

$8.841 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid recipient

$127.5 million of which, $55 million from US (2005)

Currency code

US dollar (USD)

Exchange rates

the US dollar became El Salvadors currency in 2001

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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007
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