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Country
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El Salvador | 
Maldives |
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Leader
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President: Mauricio Funes
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President: Mohamed Nasheed
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Population
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6,090,646
| 394,451
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Life Expectancy
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73.690 years
| 74.690 years
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Capital City
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San Salvador
| Male
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Largest city
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| San Salvador (population: 525,990) | Male (population: 84,972) |
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Human Development Index
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0.747
| 0.749
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| GDP per capita |
$7,600 US
| $8,800 US
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Literacy Rate
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80.2%
| 96.3%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.9
| 2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.7%
| 12%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.000%
| 14.500%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 26 July 1965 (from UK)
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| 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
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| Languages |
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
| Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
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| Exports |
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity
| fish
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| External Debt |
$12,950,000,000 $
| $943,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001
| rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 5.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
| Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
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| Area |
21,041 km sq
| 298 km sq
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| Coastline |
307 km
| 644 km
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| Climate |
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
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