El Salvador

In brief

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people: 177 (2024). World rank 13 of 210; in Americas, 3 of 44. Electricity from renewables: 95.6% (2021). World rank 7 of 206 (1 = best); in Americas, 2 of 44. Researchers per million people: 55 (2023). World rank 99 of 106 (1 = best); in Americas, 15 of 17. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 24.8% → 66.5%, mobile subscriptions per 100 people 149 → 177, and home broadband per 100 people 5.2 → 12.5. Better than all its neighbours (Guatemala and Honduras): using the internet, home broadband per 100 people, access to electricity, electricity from renewables, and research spending. Worse than all its neighbours (Guatemala and Honduras): renewable share of energy use.