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El Salvador vs Rwanda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

El Salvador has a population of 6.34M (ranked 111/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). El Salvador's land area is 8,000 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 150th vs. 146th).

By GDP, El Salvador ranks 105/197 ($35.4B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, El Salvador ranks 116/197 ($5,580), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Main facts and rankings

El Salvador Rwanda
Population
6386184
14826674
Population rank 112/197 77/197
GDP
$35.4B
2024
$14.3B
2024
GDP rank 105/197 144/197
GDP per capita
$5,580
2024
$1,000
2024
GDP per capita rank 116/197 177/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$13,264
2024
$3,711
2024
Government debt
$31B
2024
$9.58B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
87.9%
2025
77.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,887
2024
$672
2024
Government debt per person rank 80/185 156/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,836
2025
$2,587
2025
Land area
8,000 sq mi
2025
9,525 sq mi
2025
Population density
792 ppl/mi²
2024
1,497 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.78
2023
3.7
2023
Median age
28.5 years
2024
20.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.5 years
2025
68.2 years
2025

El Salvador and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

El Salvador and Rwanda economies compared

GDP
El Salvador

Rwanda
Year GDP
El Salvador Rwanda
1960 - $119,000,024
1961 - $122,000,016
1962 - $125,000,008
1963 - $128,000,000
1964 - $129,999,994
1965 $877,720,000 $148,799,980
1966 $929,520,000 $124,525,703
1967 $976,200,000 $159,560,018
1968 $1,009,760,100 $172,200,018
1969 $1,049,400,000 $188,700,037
1970 $1,132,920,000 $219,900,006
1971 $1,186,120,000 $222,952,504
1972 $1,263,720,000 $246,457,838
1973 $1,442,320,000 $290,746,157
1974 $1,665,880,000 $308,458,423
1975 $1,884,120,100 $571,863,500
1976 $2,328,280,100 $637,753,853
1977 $2,941,640,100 $746,650,613
1978 $3,127,960,000 $905,709,076
1979 $3,463,639,900 $1,109,346,131
1980 $3,573,959,900 $1,254,765,642
1981 $3,437,200,200 $1,407,062,527
1982 $3,399,189,100 $1,407,243,139
1983 $3,506,347,800 $1,479,687,587
1984 $3,661,683,400 $1,587,413,084
1985 $3,800,368,600 $1,715,626,331
1986 $3,771,663,200 $1,944,710,684
1987 $3,958,045,800 $2,157,432,668
1988 $4,189,880,000 $2,395,492,687
1989 $4,372,215,300 $2,405,022,593
1990 $4,817,542,204 $2,550,185,679
1991 $5,252,342,400 $1,911,600,237
1992 $5,813,399,300 $2,029,026,962
1993 $6,680,269,200 $1,971,525,712
1994 $7,679,384,000 $753,636,370
1995 $8,921,947,100 $1,293,535,193
1996 $9,586,327,800 $1,382,334,879
1997 $10,221,705,900 $1,851,558,197
1998 $10,936,669,900 $1,989,343,546
1999 $11,284,197,000 $2,157,108,263
2000 $11,784,927,700 $2,068,836,754
2001 $12,282,533,600 $1,966,600,715
2002 $12,664,190,300 $1,966,003,468
2003 $13,243,892,200 $2,138,237,279
2004 $13,724,810,900 $2,376,496,067
2005 $14,698,000,000 $2,933,819,766
2006 $15,999,890,000 $3,319,784,539
2007 $17,011,750,000 $4,070,507,895
2008 $17,986,890,000 $5,179,854,065
2009 $17,601,620,000 $5,674,476,969
2010 $18,447,920,000 $6,124,756,654
2011 $20,283,780,000 $6,884,913,658
2012 $21,386,150,000 $7,654,761,045
2013 $21,990,960,000 $7,819,964,024
2014 $22,593,470,000 $8,238,966,120
2015 $23,438,240,000 $8,543,760,206
2016 $24,191,430,000 $8,695,272,061
2017 $24,979,190,000 $9,252,833,894
2018 $26,020,850,000 $9,637,904,519
2019 $26,881,140,000 $10,349,300,277
2020 $24,921,190,000 $10,174,386,855
2021 $29,043,140,000 $11,078,787,095
2022 $31,870,120,000 $13,316,161,006
2023 $33,853,940,000 $14,331,722,700
2024 $35,364,960,000 $14,251,642,231

El Salvador and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita
El Salvador

Rwanda
Year GDP per capita
El Salvador Rwanda
1960 - $39.4
1961 - $39.3
1962 - $39.2
1963 - $39.3
1964 - $39
1965 $274.3 $43.5
1966 $282.4 $35.4
1967 $288.4 $44
1968 $290.1 $46
1969 $293.4 $48.9
1970 $309 $55.2
1971 $316 $54.4
1972 $329 $58.4
1973 $366 $66.9
1974 $413 $68.9
1975 $457 $124.1
1976 $553 $134.4
1977 $684 $152.7
1978 $712 $179.9
1979 $773 $213.8
1980 $787 $234.4
1981 $752 $254.6
1982 $735 $246.4
1983 $745 $250.6
1984 $763 $259.9
1985 $776 $271.6
1986 $755 $297.7
1987 $777 $320
1988 $806 $344
1989 $825 $335
1990 $892 $346
1991 $956 $254
1992 $1,041 $264.1
1993 $1,180 $247
1994 $1,344 $111
1995 $1,548 $228
1996 $1,651 $206
1997 $1,749 $238.7
1998 $1,860 $246.2
1999 $1,908 $264.7
2000 $1,983 $251.9
2001 $2,058 $237.3
2002 $2,115 $234
2003 $2,208 $249
2004 $2,286 $269.5
2005 $2,447 $324
2006 $2,666 $357
2007 $2,831 $426
2008 $2,983 $528
2009 $2,910 $564
2010 $3,040 $594
2011 $3,331 $651
2012 $3,498 $707
2013 $3,582 $705
2014 $3,666 $725
2015 $3,790 $734
2016 $3,901 $730
2017 $4,020 $758
2018 $4,184 $772
2019 $4,320 $810
2020 $3,997 $779
2021 $4,643 $830
2022 $5,075 $975
2023 $5,365 $1,027
2024 $5,580 $1,000

El Salvador vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
El Salvador

Rwanda
Year Life expectancy, years
El Salvador Rwanda
1950 44.2 43.2
1951 43.8 43.5
1952 44.8 43.8
1953 45 44.1
1954 45.5 44.4
1955 46 44.8
1956 46.6 45.2
1957 47.1 45.6
1958 47.7 46.1
1959 48 46.5
1960 48.3 47
1961 48.6 47.5
1962 49 47.8
1963 49.4 44
1964 49.7 48.1
1965 50.2 48.2
1966 50.7 48.1
1967 50.8 48
1968 50.8 47.7
1969 51.3 47.4
1970 51.4 47.1
1971 51.7 46.8
1972 52 46.3
1973 52.8 45.9
1974 52.9 45.6
1975 53.4 45.3
1976 54.4 45.3
1977 54 45.6
1978 54.7 46.2
1979 53.8 47.1
1980 48.6 48.1
1981 50.9 49.2
1982 53.3 50.2
1983 54.4 50.9
1984 56.6 51.4
1985 58 51.7
1986 59.3 51.7
1987 59.4 51.5
1988 60 50.9
1989 61.3 49.5
1990 62 47.8
1991 62.5 46.2
1992 62.9 44.4
1993 64 42.9
1994 64.5 12.2
1995 64.9 41.5
1996 65.5 42.5
1997 66.2 42
1998 66.7 43.1
1999 67.3 45.7
2000 67.7 47.8
2001 68 49.5
2002 68.5 51.3
2003 68.8 53.5
2004 69.3 55.5
2005 69.3 57
2006 69.6 58.3
2007 69.8 59.5
2008 70.1 60.6
2009 70.4 61.8
2010 70.9 62.8
2011 71.2 63.5
2012 71.4 64.2
2013 71.2 64.7
2014 71.1 65.1
2015 71 65.4
2016 70.9 65.7
2017 71 66.1
2018 71.4 66.4
2019 71.7 66.7
2020 70.2 67
2021 69.9 66.8
2022 72 67.5
2023 72.1 67.8
2024 72.3 68
2025 72.5 68.2

El Salvador and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population
El Salvador

Rwanda
Year Population
El Salvador Rwanda
1960 2,791,459 3,022,294
1961 2,870,016 3,106,779
1962 2,949,204 3,186,025
1963 3,028,679 3,258,890
1964 3,111,883 3,334,834
1965 3,199,466 3,423,210
1966 3,290,961 3,521,626
1967 3,385,184 3,629,577
1968 3,480,773 3,744,010
1969 3,576,485 3,861,271
1970 3,668,796 3,980,669
1971 3,757,523 4,100,044
1972 3,846,830 4,220,335
1973 3,938,068 4,345,047
1974 4,029,671 4,474,228
1975 4,120,449 4,607,728
1976 4,210,310 4,745,954
1977 4,301,256 4,888,240
1978 4,394,114 5,035,171
1979 4,480,388 5,189,541
1980 4,540,382 5,353,259
1981 4,570,599 5,527,230
1982 4,622,477 5,711,549
1983 4,707,367 5,905,311
1984 4,798,003 6,107,627
1985 4,894,706 6,317,228
1986 4,992,769 6,531,881
1987 5,092,441 6,749,493
1988 5,195,833 6,968,071
1989 5,298,979 7,184,706
1990 5,399,726 7,375,307
1991 5,495,077 7,526,966
1992 5,585,609 7,683,266
1993 5,659,957 7,981,132
1994 5,714,129 6,792,352
1995 5,762,131 5,674,118
1996 5,805,286 6,708,764
1997 5,844,578 7,755,238
1998 5,880,781 8,081,681
1999 5,913,900 8,147,912
2000 5,943,366 8,213,931
2001 5,968,060 8,287,094
2002 5,986,631 8,400,180
2003 5,998,599 8,586,875
2004 6,004,671 8,816,844
2005 6,005,578 9,054,528
2006 6,002,319 9,299,246
2007 6,009,824 9,549,933
2008 6,029,297 9,804,269
2009 6,048,279 10,060,432
2010 6,068,249 10,317,553
2011 6,090,127 10,573,733
2012 6,113,975 10,829,901
2013 6,138,839 11,093,340
2014 6,162,955 11,364,757
2015 6,183,676 11,640,022
2016 6,200,800 11,919,183
2017 6,213,533 12,202,060
2018 6,219,807 12,487,996
2019 6,222,318 12,776,103
2020 6,234,673 13,065,837
2021 6,255,782 13,355,260
2022 6,280,319 13,651,030
2023 6,309,624 13,954,471
2024 6,338,193 14,256,567

Fertility rates in El Salvador and Rwanda

Fertility rate
El Salvador

Rwanda
Year Fertility rate
El Salvador Rwanda
1960 6.62 8.28
1961 6.64 8.28
1962 6.68 8.27
1963 6.69 8.27
1964 6.68 8.27
1965 6.64 8.25
1966 6.57 8.23
1967 6.49 8.21
1968 6.39 8.19
1969 6.28 8.18
1970 6.18 8.15
1971 6.13 8.09
1972 6.03 8.09
1973 5.93 8.09
1974 5.82 8.1
1975 5.71 8.1
1976 5.59 8.12
1977 5.47 8.14
1978 5.36 8.16
1979 5.23 8.13
1980 5.11 8.12
1981 4.99 8.1
1982 4.83 8.06
1983 4.65 8
1984 4.48 7.91
1985 4.32 7.79
1986 4.19 7.61
1987 4.18 7.43
1988 4.1 7.23
1989 4.03 7.03
1990 3.96 6.8
1991 3.89 6.62
1992 3.8 6.54
1993 3.69 6.48
1994 3.61 6.42
1995 3.57 6.35
1996 3.48 6.29
1997 3.38 6.24
1998 3.34 6.17
1999 3.22 6.06
2000 3.08 5.97
2001 2.93 5.89
2002 2.78 5.82
2003 2.64 5.74
2004 2.52 5.64
2005 2.44 5.5
2006 2.4 5.34
2007 2.35 5.14
2008 2.29 4.92
2009 2.26 4.71
2010 2.24 4.52
2011 2.22 4.33
2012 2.19 4.2
2013 2.15 4.14
2014 2.13 4.12
2015 2.07 4.11
2016 1.97 4.11
2017 1.9 4.08
2018 1.85 4.05
2019 1.84 3.99
2020 1.82 3.91
2021 1.8 3.84
2022 1.79 3.78
2023 1.78 3.7

El Salvador and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age
El Salvador

Rwanda
Year Median age, years
El Salvador Rwanda
1960 17.2 15.5
1961 17.1 15.1
1962 17 14.9
1963 17 14.8
1964 16.9 14.7
1965 16.9 14.8
1966 16.8 14.9
1967 16.7 15.1
1968 16.6 15.3
1969 16.6 15.5
1970 16.6 15.7
1971 16.6 15.9
1972 16.6 16
1973 16.7 16.2
1974 16.8 16.3
1975 16.9 16.4
1976 17 16.5
1977 17.1 16.6
1978 17.2 16.6
1979 17.4 16.5
1980 17.5 16.5
1981 17.6 16.4
1982 17.7 16.2
1983 17.8 16.1
1984 18 16
1985 18.2 15.8
1986 18.4 15.7
1987 18.5 15.6
1988 18.6 15.6
1989 18.7 15.5
1990 18.8 15.5
1991 18.8 15.5
1992 18.8 15.6
1993 19 15.7
1994 19.3 15
1995 19.6 14.3
1996 19.9 14.6
1997 20.3 14.8
1998 20.6 15.3
1999 21 15.8
2000 21.3 16.3
2001 21.6 16.8
2002 21.9 17.1
2003 22.2 17.4
2004 22.5 17.6
2005 22.7 17.8
2006 23 18
2007 23.2 18.1
2008 23.3 18.3
2009 23.5 18.4
2010 23.7 18.5
2011 23.9 18.7
2012 24.1 18.8
2013 24.3 19
2014 24.6 19.1
2015 24.9 19.3
2016 25.2 19.4
2017 25.6 19.6
2018 26 19.7
2019 26.4 19.8
2020 26.8 19.9
2021 27.2 20
2022 27.6 20.3
2023 28 20.5
2024 28.5 20.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

El Salvador Rwanda
GNI, Atlas method
$32.5B
2024
$14.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
27.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.17%
2023
4.69%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.28%
2023
1.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
42,000
2020
35,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.38%
2025
-6.29%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.99%
2023
11.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
61%
2024
47.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.4%
2024
21%
2024
Economic freedom index
56.6
2025
54.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.7%
2023
33.4%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2023
3.1%
2023
Listed domestic companies n/a
5
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.75B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$3.7B
2024
$2.41B
2024
Personal remittances received
$8.49B
2024
$537M
2024
International tourist arrivals
707,000
2020
1,634,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
12.3%
2020
11%
2020
Banked people share
43.4%
2024
50%
2017

Energy

El Salvador Rwanda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
769 kg
2022
373 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.4
2022
$8.31
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.38 megatons
2023
1.65 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.33 tons
2023
0.12 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.5%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.9%
2021
79.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
34.2%
2022
0.97%
2022
Net energy imports use share
59.5%
2022
10.6%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
1,110 kWh
2022
68.1 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
95.6%
2021
61%
2021
Hydroelectric share
30.3%
2022
50.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.3%
2023
63.9%
2023

Society

El Salvador Rwanda
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.18%
2024
Annual migration change
-23,102
2024
-15,582
2024
Urban population
76%
2024
18.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Average female height
5.13 ft
2025
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
41
2025
33.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
30
2024
57
2024
Higher education index
33
2025
9
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.83
2022
3.59
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
20.9
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
132
2025
73
2025
Adult literacy rate
89.8%
2024
78.8%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
15%
2023
People using the Internet
67.7%
2023
34.2%
2023

Health

El Salvador Rwanda
Government health expenditure per capita
$501
2022
$76.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$158.4
2022
$7.39
2022
Life expectancy
72.5 years
2025
68.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.14%
2022
42.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.55
2022
0.12
2019
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
23 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
39
2023
229
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10.4
2023
40
2023
Obesity rate
31.3%
2022
4.99%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.7%
2024
2.1%
2024
Air quality index
57
2025
6
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.9%
2022
14.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.15 liters
2020
2.87 liters
2020

Territory

El Salvador Rwanda
% of world land
0.01%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
1,262 sq mi
2024
668 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,617 sq mi
2025
7,271 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2,202 sq mi
2025
1,077 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,600 mi
2017
2,920 mi
2021

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