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El Salvador has had an incredibly high crime rate since the end of their civil war, with San Salvador being the seventh most violent city in the world and a homicide rate of 100 per 100,000 people. [19] The high level of gang violence contributes heavily to the homicide rate. Per 100,000 people, there are about 323 gang members in El Salvador. [19]
The 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results reveal that countries in the region have a low performance and high inequality level compared with other countries. 48% of Latin American students have difficulty performing rudimentary reading tasks and do not have the essential skills needed to participate effectively and ...
The population of El Salvador increased from 482,400 in 1879 to 1,168,000 in 1920, with immigration, including immigration from the late Ottoman Empire, substantially driving growth. Arab immigration in El Salvador began at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the repressive policies applied by the Ottoman Empire against Maronite ...
Rank Country Human Development Index (HDI) Region World HDI value Change in HDI value 2019–22* Average annual growth (2010–2021) [2] 2022 2021
El Salvador, [a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a ...
Externado San Jose is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The institution began in 1921 as San Jose Seminary to which "outsiders" were later admitted. When the seminarians moved to a new facility the remaining school became an "externado". [2] The school was founded and is run by the Society of ...
Lycée Français de San Salvador "Antoine et Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry" (Spanish: Liceo Francés de San Salvador) is a French international school in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. [ 1 ] It serves up to the lycée / bachillerato (senior high school) level.
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]