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El Salvador
13.8N 88.9W · 22 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN · 15 SEPTEMBER 1821
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1992 - 2026 · Postwar El Salvador and the Bukele Era
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2019 · Bukele wins the presidency 2 REFS
March 2022 · State of exception and gang crackdown 2 REFS
1980 - 1992 · The Civil War
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
24 March 1980 · Assassination of Archbishop Romero 2 REFS
December 1981 · El Mozote massacre 2 REFS
1931 - 1979 · La Matanza and the Age of Military Rule
3 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
December 1931 · Hernandez Martinez seizes power 1 REF
January 1932 · Uprising and la matanza 3 REFS
1821 - 1931 · Independence and the Coffee Republic
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15 September 1821 · Independence from Spain declared 3 REFS
1824 · Federal Republic of Central America 2 REFS
1524 - 1821 · Conquest and the Colonial Province
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1524 · Alvarado's conquest begins 2 REFS
1528 · San Salvador permanently founded 1 REF
Pre-Columbian - 1524 · The Pipil, the Maya, and the Land of the Jewel
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c. AD 600 · Joya de Ceren buried by ash 1 REF
c. 11th-12th century · Rise of Pipil Cuzcatlan 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Population
- 6.2 m
- Area
- 21,041 km²
- Region
- Central America
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Salvadoran
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$37 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$5,767’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.9%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.3%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
88.2%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
6.4 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
72.3 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
75.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.8’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
89.8%’24 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
43.0’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
66.0’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
47.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
52.1’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
44.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
36.2’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
9.3%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.62’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
10.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
89.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
89.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
62.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
32.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
0.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
55’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
66.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
177’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
5.5%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
20,720 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
27.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
57.7%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.5’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
21.9%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
0.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.5%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
98.7%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
1.2%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$425 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
42,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($37 B), superseding 2024 ($35 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($5,767), superseding 2024 ($5,580) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (3.9%), superseding 2024 (2.6%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (0.3%), superseding 2024 (0.9%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (88.2%), superseding 2024 (84.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (98.7%), superseding 2023 (98.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (6.4 m), superseding 2024 (6.3 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (75.5%), superseding 2024 (75.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14