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El Salvador
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
GDP47.47[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita7393.01[$]
Population6.42[millions]
Urbanization73.44[%]
Land Area20544.87[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 95 43.1 5.6
Health 93 42.5 2.1
Air Quality 77 42.6 1.2
PM2.5 72 44.8 -4.8
Household solid fuels 94 38.6 10.5
Ozone 62 49.6 -7.7
Sanitation & Drinking Water 106 41.6 3.4
Sanitation 108 43.1 4.1
Drinking water 104 40.6 2.8
Heavy Metals 143 35.5 3.5
Lead 143 35.5 3.5
Waste Management 63 55.5 -
Solid waste 63 55.5 -
Ecosystem Vitality 101 43.5 8
Biodiversity 146 35.8 5
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 135 41.3 16.1
Terrestrial biomes (global) 135 43.8 5.7
Marine protected areas 78 2.7 0.5
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 95 27.9 12.4
Species Habitat Index 90 84.2 -12.4
Species Protection Index 143 26.2 5.1
Biodiversity Habitat Index 143 44.7 0.4
Ecosystem Services 96 33.5 3.6
Tree cover loss 82 32.7 2.2
Grassland loss 140 42.9 12.2
Wetland loss 131 38.6 20.3
Fisheries 127 5.5 -0.6
Fish Stock Status 109 - -1.3
Marine Trophic Index 93 10.9 -
Fish caught by trawling - - -
Climate Change 48 62.8 10.7
CO2 growth rate 93 40.4 -3.9
CH4 growth rate 1 100 39.1
F-gas growth rate 85 89.3 16.3
N2O growth rate 1 100 58.2
Black Carbon growth rate 1 100 43.6
CO2 from land cover 11 96.8 -
GHG intensity trend 101 45.2 4.6
GHG per capita 39 76.8 0.4
Pollution Emissions 41 86.3 42.5
SO2 growth rate 1 100 65.9
NOx growth rate 63 72.6 19.2
Agriculture 144 23.9 -0.1
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 144 23.9 -0.1
Water Resources 129 0.1 -
Wastewater treatment 129 0.1 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Peru 44
Turkmenistan 43.9
Bahamas 43.5
Egypt 43.3
El Salvador 43.1
Grenada 43.1
Saint Lucia 43.1
South Africa 43.1
Turkey 42.6
Morocco 42.3
GDP per capita
Ukraine 49.5
Uzbekistan 44.3
Bolivia 44.3
El Salvador 43.1
Morocco 42.3
Belize 41.9
Philippines 38.4
Guyana 35.9
Guatemala 31.8
India 27.6
Issue Performance
Cuba 48.4
Jamaica 48.2
Panama 47.3
Tunisia 46.7
Montenegro 46.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Lebanon 45.4
Algeria 44.8
El Salvador 43.1
Grenada 43.1
Regulatory Quality
Kuwait 53.6
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Dominican Republic 46.3
Moldova 44.4
Saudi Arabia 44
El Salvador 43.1
Turkey 42.6
Namibia 40.2
Indonesia 37.8
Mongolia 32.2
Voice & Accountability
Serbia 55.2
Ecuador 51
Paraguay 46.4
Montenegro 46.3
El Salvador 43.1
Bhutan 39.3
Sri Lanka 39
Philippines 38.4
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Lesotho 28
Political Stability
Jordan 53.4
Brazil 51.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Moldova 44.4
Uzbekistan 44.3
El Salvador 43.1
Morocco 42.3
Malawi 38.3
Eswatini 33.8
Angola 29.7
Latin America & Caribbean
Barbados 45.6
Suriname 45.2
Dominica 44.6
Bolivia 44.3
Peru 44
Bahamas 43.5
El Salvador 43.1
Grenada 43.1
Saint Lucia 43.1
Belize 41.9
Org. of Ibero-American States
Cuba 48.4
Panama 47.3
Paraguay 46.4
Dominican Republic 46.3
Bolivia 44.3
Peru 44
El Salvador 43.1
Nicaragua 39.2
Equatorial Guinea 38.1
Honduras 37.8
Ease of Doing Business Index
Malta 70.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Saudi Arabia 44
El Salvador 43.1
Saint Lucia 43.1
Botswana 40.4
Kyrgyzstan 39.8
Bhutan 39.3
Qatar 37.1
Zambia 34.7
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