1989 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1989 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
accounts for 25% of GDP and 40% of labor force (including fishing and forestry); coffee most important commercial crop; other products — sugarcane, corn, rice, beans, oilseeds, beef, dairy products, shrimp; not self-sufficient in food
Aid
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $2.4 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $353 million
Budget
revenues $688 million; expenditures $725 million, including capital expenditures of $1 12 million (1988)
Coastline
296 km
Comparative area
slightly larger than Maryland
Currency
Salvadoran colon (plural — colones); 1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos
Disputes
maritime boundary dispute with
Electricity
669,000 kW capacity; 1,813 million kWh produced, 350 kWh per capita (1989)
Exchange rates
Salvadoran colones (C) per US$1— 5.0000 (fixed rate since 1986)
Exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Exports
$497 million (f.o.b., 1989); commodities— coffee 60%, sugar, cotton, shrimp; partners— US 49%, FRG 24%, Guatemala 7%, Costa Rica 4%, Japan 4%
External debt
$1.7 billion (December 1989)
Fiscal year
calendar year
GDP
$5.5 billion, per capita $1,020 (1988); real growth rate 0.9% (1989 est.)
Imports
$1.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989); commodities— petroleum products, consumer goods, foodstuffs, machinery, construction materials, fertilizer; partners — US 40%, Guatemala 12%, Venezuela 7%, Mexico 7%, FRG 5%, Japan 4%
Industrial production
growth rate 2.9% (1989)
Industries
food processing, textiles, clothing, petroleum products, cement
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
16.8% (September 1989)
Land boundaries
539 km total; Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km
Territorial sea
1 2 nm
Total area
28,050 km2; land area: 28,050 km2
Total area
billion since 1979. The costs of maintaining a large military seriously constrain the government's ability to provide essential social services.
Unemployment rate
10% (1989)
Communications
Airports
1 25 total, 84 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 5 with runways 1, 220-2,439 m
Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, National Police, Treasury Police Military manpower males 15-49, 1,180,751; 754,350 fit for military service; 68,805 reach military age (18) annually
Civil air
7 major transport aircraft
Defense expenditures
4% of GDP, or $220 million (1990 est.) Bioko Gulf of Guinea Island not shown in true geographical position. H , Annobon See region*! map VII Bat a RIO MUNI Acalayong
Highways
10,000 km total; 1,500 km paved, 4,100 km gravel, 4,400 km improved and unimproved earth
Inland waterways
Rio Lempa partially navigable
Ports
Acajutla, Cutuco
Railroads
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track
Telecommunications
nationwide trunk radio relay system; connection into Central American Microwave System; 1 16,000 telephones; stations — 77 AM, no FM, 5 TV, 2 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station Defense Forces