(WIPO code: SV) (latest review April 2022)
by ARIAS, Attorneys-at-Law, San Salvador
El Salvador
General Information
Area
20,041 sq. km.
Population
6.528 million (estimated July 2021).
Capital
San Salvador, with about 1.111 million inhabitants (2022).
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.