(WIPO code: SV) (last revised March 2024)
by ARIAS, Attorneys-at-Law, San Salvador
El Salvador
General Information
Area
20,041 sq. km.
Population
6,602,370 (2023).
Capital
San Salvador, with about 1.116 million inhabitants (2023).
Language
Spanish.
Currency
U.S. dollar.
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.