El Salvador

El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.
==Economical characteristics==
* Currency: U.S. dollar (ISO code: USD)
* Central bank discount rate: 
* Commercial banks lending rate: 12.33% (31 December 2008)
* Stock of money (M1): $213.7 million (31 December 2008)
* Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $788.7 million (31 December 2008)
===Statistics===
Statistic / Year 	1999 	2000 	2001 	2002 	2003 	2004 	2005 	2006 	2007 	2008
GDP (million USD)World Bank. "El Salvador: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	12 465	13 134	13 813	14 307	15 047	15 798	17 070	18 654	20 373	22 115
Govt. debt (% of GDP)World Bank. "El Salvador: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	 	 	 	55.278	50.973	49.085	48.404	43.326	40.484	39.388
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)World Bank. "El Salvador: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	 	 	 	16.001	15.252	15.555	15.877	17.210	19.155	19.879
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)World Bank. "El Salvador: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.	 	 	 	17.901	15.266	17.043	17.630	19.324	17.153	18.505
Debt to revenue (years) 	 	 	 	3.455 	3.342 	3.155 	3.049 	2.518 	2.113 	1.981
==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
==External links==
* El Salvador on Wikipedia
* Central bank of El Salvador
* Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* Studies from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC country profile
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