El Salvador

Over

Countries

Since 1924

Years

(WIPO code: SV)

(last revised March 2024)

by ARIAS, Attorneys-at-Law, San Salvador

General Information

Area

20,041 sq. km.

Population

6,602,370 (2023).

Capital

San Salvador, with about 1.116 million inhabitants (2023).

Currency

U.S. dollar.

Language

Spanish.

Most important income sources

Emigrants’ remittances, maquila, coffee, corn, sugar, rice, cotton, tobacco, balsam, henequen, cocoa, rubber, hides, ores, gold and silver.

Arable land

27.91%.

Labor force

16.6% agriculture; 22.3% commerce; 15.8% industry; 7.6% construction; 37.6% services.

General Remarks

Almost 90% of the population is made up of mestizos (Euro-Indians). El Salvador has one of the highest coffee productions per sq. km in the world.