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El Salvador
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
GDP52.26[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita8056.54[$]
Population6.49[millions]
Land Area20544.87[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 95 40.80 7.60
Ecosystem Vitality 152 33.00 10.60
Biodiversity 140 31.40 8.00
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 140 40.00 15.00
Terrestrial biomes (global) 139 44.20 6.30
Marine protected areas 74 4.20 2.00
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 89 33.30 17.90
Biodiversity Habitat Index 140 36.80 NA
Species Protection Index 141 20.40 7.80
Species Habitat Index 90 84.20 -12.40
Ecosystem Services 44 38.30 18.90
Tree cover loss 72 17.70 0.10
Grassland loss 1 100.00 73.00
Wetland loss 1 100.00 77.00
Fisheries 118 12.00 2.60
Fish Stock Status 84 16.10 12.40
Marine Trophic Index 85 11.30 NA
Fish caught by trawling 66 7.50 -6.60
Acidification 42 92.80 34.40
SO2 growth rate 1 100.00 42.10
NOx growth rate 50 85.60 26.80
Agriculture 150 20.60 -0.10
Pesticide 131 17.30 NA
N Mgmt Index 144 23.90 -0.10
Water Resources 137 0.10 NA
Wastewater treatment 137 0.10 NA
Health 91 39.30 3.00
Air Quality 86 36.70 2.00
PM2.5 73 37.30 -3.80
Household solid fuels 94 38.50 11.60
Ozone 62 52.70 -9.60
NOx 145 15.00 -2.00
SO2 134 33.20 1.50
CO 131 37.00 -2.80
VOC 168 0.50 -3.80
Sanitation Drinking Water 106 41.70 4.10
Sanitation 108 43.10 5.00
Drinking water 104 40.80 3.60
Heavy Metals 143 34.90 5.40
Lead 143 34.90 5.40
Waste Management 49 52.10 3.00
Solid waste 45 78.60 NA
Recycling 96 15.20 0.40
Ocean Plastics 66 36.10 11.80
Climate Policy 48 50.20 6.70
Climate Change 48 50.20 6.70
CO2 growth rate 91 36.60 1.60
CH4 growth rate 17 71.40 32.10
F-gas growth rate 78 59.60 59.60
N2O growth rate 1 100.00 52.70
Black Carbon growth rate 1 100.00 59.10
Proj. GHG Emissions 56 50.00 -0.70
CO2 from land cover 77 48.50 -41.40
GHG intensity trend 87 49.90 14.20
GHG per capita 39 76.30 -1.30

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Argentina 41.1
Kazakhstan 40.9
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Tunisia 40.7
Malawi 40.6
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Bolivia 40.1
Republic of Congo 40.1
Peru 39.8
GDP per capita
Namibia 50.9
Venezuela 46.4
Jamaica 45.6
Eswatini 44.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Laos 30.7
Philippines 28.9
Guatemala 28
Viet Nam 20.1
Issue Performance
Dominica 51.2
Saint Lucia 49.4
Grenada 47.9
Cuba 47.5
Jamaica 45.6
Equatorial Guinea 44.8
El Salvador 40.8
Tunisia 40.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Vanuatu 36.9
Government Effectiveness
Ukraine 49.6
Ecuador 46.5
Brazil 43.6
Moldova 42.7
Dominican Republic 42.2
El Salvador 40.8
Guyana 38.5
Kenya 30.8
Cambodia 30.1
Mongolia 29.6
Regulatory Quality
Bahamas 56.2
Moldova 42.7
Dominican Republic 42.2
Cabo Verde 41.9
El Salvador 40.8
Mongolia 29.6
Philippines 28.9
China 28.4
Ghana 27.7
Turkey 26.3
Voice and Accountability
North Macedonia 54.3
Armenia 48.3
Montenegro 46.9
Ecuador 46.5
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Georgia 39.1
Lesotho 32.3
Fiji 31.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Rule of Law
Belize 50
El Salvador 40.8
Azerbaijan 38.6
Russia 37.5
Sierra Leone 32.7
Algeria 29.6
Benin 29.6
Nigeria 28.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Control of Corruption
Albania 47.1
Ecuador 46.5
Moldova 42.7
El Salvador 40.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Algeria 29.6
Nepal 28.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Myanmar 19.4
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
United States of America 51.1
Gabon 49.7
Montenegro 46.9
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Sri Lanka 34.7
Senegal 33.9
Rwanda 32.8
Viet Nam 20.1
Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil 43.6
Colombia 42.4
Dominican Republic 42.2
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Guyana 38.5
Nicaragua 37.7
Org. of Ibero-American States
Brazil 43.6
Colombia 42.4
Dominican Republic 42.2
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Nicaragua 37.7
Uruguay 37.4
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