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Central AmericaEl Salvador
Capital San Salvador · Median age 27
4 mobility routesPath to citizenshipZero-presence routeTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in El Salvador: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living61
Healthcare59
Safety49
Climate resilience78
4 mobility routes
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El Salvador in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
70 · StrongCost of living61
Tax burden79
Healthcare
59 · MixedHealthcare59
Safety & crime
63 · MixedSafety49
Low crime77
Climate
78 · StrongClimate resilience78
Language & integration
75 · StrongEnglish proficiency81
Migrant acceptance68
Freedom & rights
49 · MixedRule of law48
Political stability47
Low corruption34
Personal freedom78
Freedom of speech53
Property rights43
LGBTQ+ acceptance37
Reproductive rightsUnknown—
Economy & work
51 · MixedEconomic freedom82
CompetitivenessUnknown—
Innovation31
Startup ecosystemUnknown—
Job market1
Prosperity65
Ease of doing business75
Quality of life
61 · MixedLiveabilityUnknown—
Happiness84
Life satisfaction84
Work–life balanceUnknown—
Internet speed22
Education55
Low trafficUnknown—
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- Happiness84
- Life satisfaction84
- Economic freedom82
- English proficiency81
Look closer
- Job market1
- Internet speed22
- Innovation31
- Low corruption34
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Avg Precipitation
- 1784 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 25.23°C (77.41°F)
- Beer Consumption
- 0.76 liters_per_capita_year
- Best Time To Travel
- November-April
- Books Read Per Year
- 5.41
- Borders
- Guatemala, Honduras
- Citizenship By Birth
- Yes
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- 2 years
- Climate
- Tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April)
- Climate Category
- Hot & Humid
- Coffee Consumption
- 1.2 liters_per_capita_year
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- Boston,Chicago,Dallas,Houston,Las Vegas,Los Angeles,Miami,New York,San Francisco,Washington D.C.
- Country Code
- +503
- Country Intro Blurb
- Famous for being one of the world's oldest and most historically significant civilizations.
- Country Motto
- Dios, Unión, Libertad ("God, Union, Liberty")
- Crypto Currency Status
- Absolute ban
- Currency
- United States Dollar (USD)
- Date Format
- DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 3340 km
- Driving Side
- Left-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- Conditional
- Economy
- Services, manufacturing, agriculture
- Famous Dance
- Raqs Sharqi
- Famous Festival
- Mawlid al-Nabi
- Famous Music
- Tarab
- Fertility Rate
- 1.775
- Funny Fact
- Home to the oldest known dress in the world, dating back over 5,000 years.
- Gambling Legislation
- Regulated
- Haiku
- Pyramids reach high / Nile flows through ancient sands / Sphinx guards secrets old
- Handgun Legislation
- Restricted
- Humidity
- 74
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7UIO_RHEW0
- Independence Day
- September 15, 1821
- Interesting Fact
- Home to the world's longest river, the Nile River, which stretches over 6,650 kilometers
- Interesting Tradition
- Celebrates "Henna Night", a pre-wedding celebration that takes place the night before the wedding
- Language
- Spanish
- Life Expectancy
- 72,1
- Mandatory Military Service
- Yes
- Mcdonalds In Country
- 189
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Illegal
- Migration Rate
- -3.685 per_1000_population
- National Animal
- Steppe eagle
- National Anthem
- Himno Nacional de El Salvador
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/sv.mp3
- National Dish
- Koshari
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Football
- Nobel Prizes
- 4
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 5488
- Number Of Migrants
- -23.253 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 0.27
- Passport Validity
- 7 years, 5 for children
- Population
- 6550389
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Papyrus scroll
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates "Sham El-Nessim", an ancient holiday marking the arrival of spring.
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 254
- Representative Novel
- "The Yacoubian Building" by Alaa Al Aswany
- Reproduction Rate
- 0.848
- Residency For Naturalization
- 10
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- No Recognition
- Spicy Food Consumption
- 113
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Prohibition of insulting the president
- Tallest Building
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (143 mt)
- Tea Consumption
- 0.83 liters_per_capita_year
- Time Zone
- GMT-6
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.085
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.15
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 0
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 8033
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 6306
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 4603
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 4871
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 5176
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 5397
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 5488
- Visitors Per Year
- 1.8 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal and Compulsory
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Using "blue beads" to ward off the negative effects of the evil eye
- Wine Consumption
- 0.05 liters_per_capita_year
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for El Salvador come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
107| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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