President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
President: Mauricio Funes
Population
73,126
6,090,646
Life Expectancy
76.180 years
73.690 years
Capital City
San Salvador
Largest city
Roseau (population: 16,571)
San Salvador (population: 525,990)
Human Development Index
0.797
0.747
GDP per capita
$7,600 US
Literacy Rate
94%
80.2%
Corruption Perception Index
6
3.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.4%
16.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
7.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
parliamentary democracy
republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
