1981 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1981 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Area
El SALVADOR iT' WCARA6UA ,
Member of
Central American Common Market (CACM), FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDE, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, IWC— International Wheat Council, OAS, ODECA, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Economy
Agriculture
main crops — coffee, cotton, corn, sugar, rice, beans; caloric intake, 2,051 calories per day per capita (1977); protein intake 51 grams per day per capita (1974)
Aid
economic — authorized from US, including Ex-Im (FY70-80), $149 million; ODA and OOF committed by other Western countries (1970-79), $71 million; military — from US (FY70-80), $16 million
Budget
(1980) $412 million current revenues, $569 million expenditures
Electric power
480,000 kW capacity (1981); 1.3 billion kWh produced (1981), 266 kWh per capita
Exports
$969 million (f.o.b., 1980); coffee, cotton, sugar
Fiscal year
calendar year
Fishing
catch 5,487 metric tons (1978)
GDP
$3.5 billion (1980), $667 per capita; 83% private consumption, 17% government consumption, 24% gross domestic investment; —24% net foreign balance; real growth rate, -10.0% (1980)
Imports
$907 million (c.i.f., 1980); machinery, automotive vehicles, petroleum, foodstuffs, fertilizer
Major industries
food processing, textiles, clothing, petroleum products
Major trade partners
exports— 32% US, 22% CACM, 33% EC, 13% other (1977); imports— 28% US, 24% CACM, 14% EC, 8% Japan, 26% other (1979)
Monetary conversion rate
2.5 colones=US$l (official)
Communications
Airfields
158 total, 146 usable; 5 with permanentsurfaced runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Civil air
5 major transport aircraft
Highways
10,000 km total; 1,500 km paved, 4,100 km gravel, 4,400 km improved and unimproved earth
Inland waterways
Lempa River partially navigable
Military budget
proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982, $133.9 million; central government budget unknown Malabo^ EQUATORIAL
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,057,000; 673,000 fit for military service; 55,000 reach military age (18) annually
Pipelines
crude oil 1,051 km; refined products 431 km; natural gas 365 km
Ports
2 major (Acajutla, La Union), 1 minor
Railroads
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single tracked
Telecommunications
nationwide trunk radio-relay system; connection into Central American microwave net; 70,000 telephones (1.5 per 100 popl.); 60 AM, 9 FM, and 5 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean Satellite station DEFENSE FORCES