El Salvador and Comoros Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
El Salvador	Comoros
Leader
President: Mauricio Funes	President: Ikililou Dhoinine
Population
6,090,646	737,284
Life Expectancy
73.690 years	62.740 years
Capital City
San Salvador	Moroni
Largest city
San Salvador (population: 525,990)	Moroni (population: 42,872)
Human Development Index
0.747	0.572
GDP per capita
$7,600 US	$1,200 US
Literacy Rate
80.2%	56.5%
Corruption Perception Index
3.9	2.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
16.7%	0%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
7.000%	20.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances	Legal

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	6 July 1975 (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.)	Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Languages
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
Exports
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity	vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra
External Debt
$12,950,000,000 $	$279,300,000 US
Exchange Rate
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001	Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar - 361.4 (2007), 391.8 (2006), 395.6 (2005), 396.21 (2004), 435.9 (2003) note: the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comoran francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%	2.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras	Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
Area
21,041 km sq	2,235 km sq
Coastline
307 km	340 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands	tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)

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