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A woman and a girl in El Salvador making bread, 1910s. El Salvador is a country in Central America. Most of its population is Mestizo, but there are also white and indigenous (Amerindian) Salvadorans. [4] The country was the scene of a brutal civil war, the Salvadoran Civil War, between 1979 – 1992, which subjected women to extreme violence.
The following list sorts countries by their estimated male to female income ratio according to the Gender Development Index of the United Nations. The ratio is determined by comparing the gross national income per woman with the gross national income per man in 2017. [1] * indicates "Gender inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
The salary distribution is right-skewed, therefore more than 50% of people earn less than the average net salary. These figures have been shrunk after the application of the income tax . In certain countries, actual incomes may exceed those listed in the table due to the existence of grey economies .
One problem that the Salvadoran economy faces is the inequality in the distribution of income. In 2011, El Salvador had a Gini coefficient of .485, [15] which although similar to that of the United States, [16] leaves 37.8% of the population below the poverty line, [17] due to lower aggregate income. The richest 10% of the population receives ...
The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report ranked El Salvador 77 out of 133. El Salvador ranks 124th among 189 countries in the Human Development Index. [1] El Salvador has the second-highest level of income equality in Latin America. [2]
El Salvador declared its independence from the Federal Republic of Central America on 30 January 1841. [50] El Salvador joined Honduras and Nicaragua in 1896 to form the Greater Republic of Central America, which dissolved in 1898. Woman and girl in El Salvador making bread, 1910. After the mid-19th century, the economy was based on coffee growing.
El Salvador's Congress approved on Tuesday a reform to remove income taxes previously imposed on money from abroad, in a move to attract more foreign investment. Money flows from abroad in forms ...
Latin American and the Caribbean countries by GDP per capita PPP (2019). This is a list of Latin American and the Caribbean countries by gross domestic product at purchasing power parity in international dollars according to the International Monetary Fund's estimates in the October 2023 World Economic Outlook database.