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El Salvador Republic of El Salvador
Status	Independent State
Social and Moral Index	90th best
Capital	San Salvador
Land Area	20 720km²₁
Location	North America, The Americas, Central America
Population	6.3m (2011)₂
Life Expectancy	73.27yrs (2017)₃
GNI	$7 732 (2017)₄
ISO3166-1 Codes	SV, SLV, 222₅
Internet Domain	.sv₆
Currency	Dollar (USD)₇
Telephone	+503₈

1. Overview

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“El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₉

“Surf´s up in El Salvador, a tiny Central American nation finally emerging as a hot travel destination after a not-so-distant civil war and internal hardships kept it off the tourist radar. El Salvador is Central America´s smallest, most densely populated country, with the region´s largest economy and its fewest foreign tourists. Once only a trickle of headstrong surfers and foreign correspondents passed through its rigorous border posts, but now a new breed of traveler is pushing through in search of an authentic experience in an undervisited land.
El Salvador is a perennial tease. Glimpses of tropical paradise, lush tracts of pre-industrial national park lands, colonial splendor astride pristine volcanic lakes, searing colors and a fierce creative vision sit quietly in the shadows of an indomitable local pride. Here you´ll find a glorious coastline, a buzzing culture-clad capital, hard-core war tourism and small-town charm by the plaza-load.
Salvadorans themselves are increasingly content to return home from prolonged stints abroad, the once enviable rite of passage now cut short by global economics and a growing sentiment that home might just be where the fresh start is.”
"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₁₀

2. El Salvador National and Social Development

UN HDI (2016) Lower is better Rank₁₁

1	Norway	1
2	Australia	2
3	Switzerland	2
	...
114	Palestine	114
115	Vietnam	115
116	Philippines	116
117	El Salvador	117
118	Bolivia	118
119	S. Africa	119
120	Kyrgyzstan	120
121	Iraq	121
	World Avg	94.3
q=188.

Social & Moral Development Index Higher is better Points₁₂

1	Iceland	84.1
2	Sweden	80.8
3	Norway	80.0
	...
87	Georgia	54.7
88	Montenegro	54.5
89	Armenia	54.5
90	El Salvador	54.3
91	Sri Lanka	54.2
92	Grenada	54.0
93	Azerbaijan	54.0
94	Ecuador	53.9
	World Avg	54.5
q=198.

The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life.

3. Population and Demographics

Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016) Lower is better Per 100₁₃

1	Uganda	04.3
2	Mali	04.5
3	Chad	04.7
	...
105	Suriname	16.2
106	Grenada	16.2
107	Brunei	16.2
108	El Salvador	17.3
109	Panama	17.7
110	Korea, N.	17.8
111	Turkey	18.0
112	Vietnam	18.3
	World Avg	18.3
q=185.

Emigrants (2010) %₁₄

1	Dominica	104.8
2	Palestine	68.4
3	Samoa	67.3
	...
27	Fiji	21.3
28	Portugal	20.8
29	Lesotho	20.5
30	El Salvador	20.5
31	Micronesia	19.7
32	Belarus	18.4
33	Eritrea	18.0
34	Croatia	17.1
	World Avg	11.5
q=192.

Fertility Rate (2013) 2.0 is best₁₅

1	Korea, N.	2.00
2	Brunei	1.99
3	St Vincent & Grenadines	2.01
	...
26	Algeria	2.17
27	Oman	2.17
28	Argentina	2.18
29	El Salvador	2.18
30	Grenada	2.18
31	Costa Rica	1.81
32	Qatar	2.20
33	Morocco	2.20
	World Avg	2.81
q=180.

Immigrants (2010) %₁₄

1	Qatar	86.5
2	Monaco	71.6
3	UAE	70.0
	...
159	Bangladesh	0.7
160	Mexico	0.7
161	Congo, DR	0.7
162	El Salvador	0.7
163	Ethiopia	0.6
164	Romania	0.6
165	Philippines	0.5
166	India	0.4
	World Avg	9.2
q=192.

Life Expectancy (2015) Higher is better Years₁₆

1	Hong Kong	84.16
2	Japan	83.68
3	Italy	83.34
	...
94	Lithuania	73.50
95	Honduras	73.33
96	Seychelles	73.30
97	El Salvador	73.27
98	Palestine	73.07
99	St Vincent & Grenadines	73.04
100	Paraguay	73.00
101	Tonga	72.99
	World Avg	71.27
q=190.

Population (2012)₁₇

1	China	1.4b
2	India	1.3b
3	USA	315.8m
	...
104	Jordan	6.5m
105	Laos	6.4m
106	Togo	6.3m
107	El Salvador	6.3m
108	Sierra Leone	6.1m
109	Nicaragua	6.0m
110	Denmark	5.6m
111	Eritrea	5.6m
	World Avg	36.0m
q=195.

El Salvador's population is predicted to rise to 7.093 million by 2030. This country has a fertility rate of 2.18. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population is growing, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity, i.e., the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate, which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1.

4. Gender Equality

Gender Inequality (2015) Lower is better₁₈

1	Switzerland	0.04
2	Denmark	0.04
3	Netherlands	0.04
	...
82	Mauritius	0.38
83	Lebanon	0.38
84	Rwanda	0.38
85	El Salvador	0.38
86	Peru	0.39
87	Sri Lanka	0.39
88	Ecuador	0.39
89	Colombia	0.39
	World Avg	0.36
q=159.

Year Women Can Vote Lower is better Year₁₉

1	New Zealand	1893
2	Australia	1902
3	Finland	1906
	...
125	Tonga	1960
126	Cyprus	1960
127	Gambia	1960
128	El Salvador	1961
129	Rwanda	1961
130	Mauritania	1961
131	Burundi	1961
132	Malawi	1961
	World Avg	1930
q=189.

Gender inequality is not a necessary part of early human development. Although a separation of roles is almost universal due to different strengths between the genders, this does not have to mean that women are subdued, and, such patriarchialism is not universal in ancient history. Those cultures and peoples who shed, or never developed, the idea that mankind ought to dominate womankind, are better cultures and peoples than those who, even today, cling violently to those mores.

El Salvador has made some steps towards ending gender inequality but much more needs to be done.

See:

"Religion Versus Womankind" by Vexen Crabtree (2007)

5. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Religiosity (2009) Lower is better %₂₀

1	Estonia	16
2	Sweden	17
3	Denmark	19
	...
50	Turkey	82
51	Ecuador	82
52	Colombia	83
53	El Salvador	83
54	Romania	84
55	Honduras	84
56	Peru	84
57	Iraq	84
	World Avg	75.1
q=114.

Disbelief In God (2007) Higher is better₂₁

1	Vietnam	81
2	Japan	65
3	Sweden	64
	...
82	Venezuela	1
83	Peru	1
84	Guatemala	1
85	El Salvador	1
86	Panama	1
87	Somalia	0
88	Sri Lanka	0
89	Burundi	0
	World Avg	9.9
q=137.

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₂₂:

Christian	88.2%
Muslim	0.1%
Hindu	0.1%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	0.5%
Jew	0.1%
Unaffiliated	11%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)₂₃.

The International Humanist and Ethical Union produced a report in 2012 entitled "Freedom of Thought" (2012), in which they document bias and prejudice at the national level that is based on religion, belief and/or lack of belief. Their entry for El Salvador states:

“The constitution and other laws and policies protect freedom of religion or belief; however, Article 296 of the penal code imposes criminal sentences of six months to two years on those who publicly offend or insult the religious beliefs of others, or damage or destroy religious objects. If such acts are carried out with and for the purpose of publicity, sentences increase to one to three years in prison. Repeat offenders face prison sentences of three to eight years.”
"Freedom of Thought" by IHEU (2012)₂₄

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6. The Internet

Internet Users (2016) Higher is better₂₅

1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
121	Peru	41%
122	Guyana	40%
123	Grenada	39%
124	El Salvador	38%
125	Bhutan	37%
126	Mongolia	36%
127	India	35%
128	Kyrgyzstan	34%
	World Avg	48.1%
q=201.

IPv6 Uptake (2017) Higher is better Ratio₂₆

1	Belgium	55.4
2	Germany	41.8
3	Switzerland	35.1
	...
87	US Virgin Islands	0.0
88	Mauritius	0.0
89	Botswana	0.0
90	El Salvador	0.0
91	Kenya	0.0
92	Cameroon	0.0
93	Kyrgyzstan	0.0
94	Cambodia	0.0
	World Avg	3.82
q=176.

Internet access has become an essential research tool. It facilitates an endless list of life improvements, from the ability to network and socialize without constraint, to access to a seemingly infinite repository of technical and procedural information on pretty much any task. The universal availability of data has sped up industrial development and personal learning at the national and personal level. Individuals can read any topic they wish regardless of the locality of expert teachers, and, entire nations can develop their technology and understanding of the world simply because they are now exposed to advanced societies and moral discourses online. Like every communications medium, the Internet has issues and causes a small range of problems, but these are insignificant compared to the advantages of having an online populace.

7. Public Health Issues

Adolescent Birth Rate (2015) Lower is better Per 1000₁₈

1	Korea, N.	0.5
2	Korea, S.	1.6
3	Switzerland	2.9
	...
128	Argentina	63.8
129	Laos	64.1
130	Honduras	65.0
131	El Salvador	65.2
132	S. Sudan	65.9
133	Belize	65.9
134	Ghana	66.8
135	Brazil	67.0
	World Avg	47.9
q=185.

Alcohol Consumption (2010) Lower is better Per Capita₂₇

1	Libya	0.1
2	Pakistan	0.1
3	Kuwait	0.1
	...
52	Kiribati	3.0
53	Papua New Guinea	3.0
54	Fiji	3.0
55	El Salvador	3.2
56	Micronesia	3.3
57	Gambia	3.4
58	Nauru	3.5
59	Mauritius	3.6
	World Avg	6.2
q=191.

Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 (2015) Higher is better Avg %₂₈

1	Hungary	99.0
2	China	99.0
3	Uzbekistan	98.9
	...
99	Latvia	92.8
100	Romania	92.7
101	France	92.6
102	El Salvador	92.4
103	Swaziland	92.4
104	Palau	92.4
105	Vietnam	92.3
106	Denmark	92.3
	World Avg	88.3
q=194.

Smoking Rates (2014) Lower is better₂₉

1	Guinea	15
2	Solomon Islands	26
3	Kiribati	28
	...
53	Togo	250
54	Kenya	257
55	Mauritius	261
56	El Salvador	280
57	Comoros	289
58	Congo, (Brazzaville)	294
59	Bolivia	299
60	Bahamas	301
	World Avg	819
q=182.

Suicide Rate (2013) Lower is better Per 100k₃₀

1	Haiti	0
2	Grenada	0
3	Egypt	0.1
	...
42	Argentina	15.6
43	Thailand	15.8
44	Australia	16.4
45	El Salvador	16.5
46	Kyrgyzstan	17.7
47	Netherlands	18.6
48	Luxembourg	19.3
49	Portugal	19.6
	World Avg	20.93
q=91.

8. Politics and Freedom

Nominal Commitment to HR (2009) Higher is better Treaties₃₁

1	Argentina	24
2	Chile	23
3	Costa Rica	23
	...
71	Malta	18
72	Tunisia	18
73	Niger	18
74	El Salvador	18
75	Mongolia	17
76	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	17
77	Estonia	17
78	Turkmenistan	17
	World Avg	15.1
q=194.

Personal, Civil & Economic Freedom (2014) Lower is better Rank₃₂

1	Hong Kong	1
2	Switzerland	2
3	New Zealand	3
	...
55	Armenia	55
56	Macedonia	55
57	Suriname	55
58	El Salvador	58
59	Ghana	59
60	Jamaica	60
61	Haiti	61
62	Fiji	61
	World Avg	79.7
q=159.

Press Freedom (2013) Lower is better₃₃

1	Finland	638
2	Netherlands	648
3	Norway	652
	...
34	Slovenia	2049
35	Spain	2050
36	France	2160
37	El Salvador	2286
38	Latvia	2289
39	Botswana	2291
40	Papua New Guinea	2297
41	Romania	2305
	World Avg	3249
q=178.

9. More Charts and Comparisons to Other Countries

Personal Charitability (World Position, 2013-2016) Lower is better₃₄

1	Myanmar (Burma)	1.25
2	USA	1.5
3	New Zealand	3.5
	...
113	Ukraine	100
114	Albania	101.25
115	Latvia	101.25
116	El Salvador	101.25
117	Mauritania	101.25
118	Jordan	102
119	Japan	102
q=156.

Global Peace Index (2012) Lower is better₃₅

1	Iceland	1.11
2	New Zealand	1.24
3	Denmark	1.24
	...
107	Cambodia	2.21
108	Belarus	2.21
109	Uzbekistan	2.22
110	El Salvador	2.22
111	Egypt	2.22
112	Jamaica	2.22
113	Benin	2.23
114	Armenia	2.24
q=157.

Research and Development Higher is better % RDP PPP

1	Korea, S.	4.29
2	Israel	4.11
3	Japan	3.58
	...
119	Honduras	0.04
120	Guatemala	0.04
121	Bahrain	0.04
122	Colombia	0.04
123	Iraq	0.03
124	El Salvador	0.03
125	China	0.03
126	Lesotho	0.01
q=126.

Life Satisfaction (2011) Higher is better₃₆

1	Denmark	7.8
2	Norway	7.6
3	Netherlands	7.6
	...
24	Korea, S.	6.9
25	Mexico	6.8
26	Brazil	6.8
27	El Salvador	6.7
28	Cyprus	6.7
29	Thailand	6.7
30	Saudi Arabia	6.7
31	Germany	6.7
q=150.

Gross National Income Per-Capita (2011) Higher is better PPP $₁₆

1	Qatar	$129 916
2	Singapore	$78 162
3	Kuwait	$76 075
	...
111	Fiji	$8 245
112	Armenia	$8 189
113	Paraguay	$8 182
114	El Salvador	$7 732
115	Swaziland	$7 522
116	Cuba	$7 455
117	Belize	$7 375
118	Ukraine	$7 361
q=193.

Environmental Performance (2010) Higher is better₃₇

1	Iceland	93.5
2	Switzerland	89.1
3	Costa Rica	86.4
	...
30	Peru	69.3
31	Denmark	69.2
32	Hungary	69.1
33	El Salvador	69.1
34	Croatia	68.7
35	Dominican Rep.	68.4
36	Lithuania	68.3
37	Suriname	68.2
q=162.

LGBT Equality (2013) Higher is better Score₃₈

1	Netherlands	405
2	Belgium	350
3	Canada	280
	...
70	Venezuela	25
71	Estonia	25
72	Nicaragua	25
73	El Salvador	25
74	Costa Rica	25
75	Cyprus	25
76	Kosovo	20
77	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	20
q=211.

Current edition: 2013 May 01
Last Modified: 2017 Jun 20
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References: (What's this?)

Charities Aid Foundation
World Giving Index. On www.cafonline.org.

CIA
(2013) World Factbook. The USA Government's Central Intelligence Agency (USA CIA) publishes The World Factbook, and the online version is frequently updated.

Crabtree, Vexen
(2017) "What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life" (2017). Accessed 2017 Jun 22.

Gallup
(2009) Religiosity. gallup.com/poll/142727/.... The survey question was "Is religion an important part of your daily life?" and results are charted for those who said "yes". 1000 adults were polled in each of 114 countries.

IHEU. International Humanist and Ethical Union.
(2012) Freedom of Thought. A copy can be found on iheu.org/...Freedom of Thought 2012.pdf, accessed 2013 Oct 28.

Lonely Planet
(2014) The World. Subtitled: "A Traveller's Guide to the Planet". Published by Lonely Planet, London, UK. Each chapter is devoted to a specific country and includes a list of the most interesting places to visit and a few other cultural notes..

Lynn, Harvey & Nyborg
(2009) Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations. Richard Lynn, John Harvey and Helmuth Nyborg article "Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations" in Intelligence (2009 Jan/Feb) vol. 37 issue 1 pages 11-15. Online at www.sciencedirect.com, accessed 2009 Sep 15.

The Fraser Institute
(2016) The Human Freedom Index. Published by The Cato Institute, The Fraser Institute and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. Covers data up to 2014. On www.fraserinstitute.org/.../human-freedom-index-2016..

United Nations
(2011) Human Development Report. This edition had the theme of Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All. Published on the United Nation's website at hdr.undp.org/.../HDR_2011_EN_Complete.pdf (accessed throughout 2013, Jan-Mar). UN Development Program: About the Human Development Index.
(2013) Human Development Report. This edition had the theme of The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World. Published on the United Nation's HDR website at hdr.undp.org/.../hdr2013/ (accessed throughout 2013). UN Development Program: About the Human Development Index.
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(2014) Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health. A copy can be found on the WHO website. Accessed 2015 Jan 04. It "presents a comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking, health consequences and policy responses in Member States" and was published in Geneva on 2014 May 12.

Footnotes

World Bank data on data.worldbank.org accessed 2013 Nov 04.^
UN (2011) .^
UN (2017) Table 1.^
UN (2017) Gross National Income, per person. Table 1.^
International Standards Organisation (ISO) standard ISO3166-1, on www.iso.org, accessed 2013 May 01.^
Top level domains (TLDs) are managed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) on www.iana.org.^
According to ISO4217.^
According to ITU-T.^
CIA (2013) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html accessed 2014 Apr 27.^
Lonely Planet (2014) chapter "El Salvador" .^
UN (2017) Table 1. Lower is better.^
"What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life" by Vexen Crabtree (2017)^
UN (2017) Dashboard 2. Higher is worse. Old-age is counted as 65+, and ratio is of these to people ages 15-64. Projections are for 2030 based on medium-fertility variant of growth.^
UN (2013) Table 11.^
UN (2013) Table 14. Births per woman (2012), expressed as deviance (positive or negative) from the value of 2.0.^
UN (2017) Table 1. Higher is better.^^
UN (2013) Table 14.^
UN (2017) Table 5. Lower is better.^^
"What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life: 3.6. Women Stand for Election & Vote (1893+) New Zealand, Australia, Finland" by Vexen Crabtree (2017)^
Gallup (2009) .^
Zuckerman, P. (2007). Atheism: contemporary numbers and patterns. In M.Martin (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Atheism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. In "Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations" by Lynn et al. (2009).^
Pew Forum (2012) publication "The Global Religious Landscape: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World´s Major Religious Groups as of 2010" (2012 Dec 18) accessed 2013 May 01.^
CIA (2013) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html accessed 2014 Apr 27.^
IHEU (2012) . Added to this page on 2013 Oct 28.^
internetlivestats.com/internet-users-by-country accessed 2017 Mar 10.^
% of internet access via native IPv6 compared to IPv4. As of 2017 Jun 20, from http://www.cidr-report.org. Accessed 2017 Jun 20.^
WHO (2014) Appendix 1. Alcohol Per Capita Consumption in liters of pure alcohol, 15+ years age population, consumed in 2010. Lower is better.^
World Health Organisation data for 2011-2015 from 7 data series accessed 2017 May 21. Details in "Immunizations: International Statistics on Vaccines and the Autism Scare: 3. World Health Organisation Statistics" by Vexen Crabtree (2017).^
Annual Cigarette Consumption Per Adult (age 15 and above) - compustible cigarettes. Euromonitor International (2014), via tobaccoatlas.org/topic/cigarette-use-globally/ . Accessed 2017 Jun 20.^
UN (2013) World Health Organisation statistics. Suicide Rates Per 100k.^
Max possible=24. Total amount of treaties ratified. Nominal Commitment to Human Rights report published by UCL School of Public Policy, London, UK, at ucl.ac.uk/spp/research/research-projects/nchr accessed 2011 Apr 30.^
Fraser Institute, the (2016) . Covers data for 2014.^
Reporters Without Borders Report "2013 World Press Freedom Index: Dashed hopes after spring" at fr.rsf.org/.../classement_2013_gb-bd.pdf accessed 2013 Feb.^
Charities Aid Foundation . Average ranking across years 2013-2016. Lower is better.^
- Global Peace Index on www.visionofhumanity.org accessed 2013 Feb 04.
- GPI Fact Sheet (7th Jun 2012) accessed 2013 Feb 04.
- GPI Key Findings accessed 2013 Feb 04.
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UN (2013) Table 9. Higher is better. Table 9. The UN's data is the latest available from a range of data from 2007-2011.^
UN (2011) Table 6. Higher is better.^
Higher is better. Sources:
- PF 2013: Pew Forum on pewforum.org/Gay-Marriage-and-Homosexuality/...-2013.aspx (page updated April 17, 2013, accessed on same date). (Source of the quotes on religious opposition to LGBT).
- Wikipedia on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_at_the_United_Nations accessed 2013 Apr 18. (Source of data on who signed the UN 2008 document and its opposing document).
- Wikipedia on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights accessed 2013 Apr 18 (source of the civil union & legality of homosexuality legality by country).
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El Salvador (Republic of El Salvador)