The rank of El Salvador from the poorest is 101 and from the richest is 103 with gdp per capita using atlas method in 2003 is 2.200. In other measurement IMF,WB, and CIA measured in niminal method in 2007, 2007, and 2008;
IMF.............................................WB...............................................CIA
rank/measure.........................rank/measure.......................................rank/measure
101/2,857...........................92/2,950...........................................103/2,932
El Salvador's economy has traditionally been agricultural, but services and
industry now employ a greater percentage of the workforce and account for a much
higher percentage of the gross domestic product. El Salvador's economy was
adversely affected by its 12-year civil war. Beginning in the early 1990s,
however, attempts were made to revive the country's economic life, and the
economy had recovered by the beginning of 2001, when El Salvador adopted the
U.S. dollar as its official currency.
About half of the land is used for either crops or pasturage. Corn is the
chief subsistence crop, and rice, beans, oilseeds, and sorghum are also grown;
coffee and sugar are the major cash crops. Food and beverage processing is
important and petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, and light
metals are among El Salvador's leading manufactures. The Inter-American Highway
crosses El Salvador and forms the heart of an excellent transportation system
that links San Salvador with the ports of La
Unión,
Acajutla, and La Libertad and the inland
cities of
San Miguel and
Santa Ana.
Offshore assembly products, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, and chemicals
are El Salvador's main exports. The leading imports are raw materials, consumer
and capital goods, fuel, food, petroleum, and electricity. The United States is
by far the largest trading partner.