El Salvador and Burkina Faso Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
El Salvador	Burkina Faso
Leader
	President: Blaise Compaore
Population
6,108,590	17,812,961
Life Expectancy
73.930 years	54.430 years
Capital City
San Salvador	Ouagadougou
Largest city
San Salvador (population: 525,990)	Ouagadougou (population: 1,086,500)
Human Development Index
0.747	0.372
GDP per capita
$7,700 US	$1,400 US
Literacy Rate
80.2%	21.8%
Corruption Perception Index
3.9	3.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
16.7%	15.3%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
6.900%	77.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	parliamentary republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	5 August 1960 (from France)
Religions
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)	Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Languages
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Exports
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity	cotton, livestock, gold
External Debt
$12,840,000,000 $	$2,442,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%	1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras	Western Africa, north of Ghana
Area
21,041 km sq	274,200 km sq
Coastline
307 km	0 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands	tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

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El Salvador vs Burkina Faso