List of Salvadoran Departments by Human Development Index
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El Salvador has a HDI of 0.695-medium (2nd in Central America, Costa Rica has 1st with 0.740) and a population of est.8,173,402. Though it has the third highest population in Central America, it is the smallest country, with eight million people living in its area of 21,000sq km (13,048sq mi). This document lists all of the fourteen departments of El Salvador in order of the highest to lowest human development index.[1]
Departments
Place | Departament | Capital | HDI | Estimated Population 2010 | |
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Very High | |||||
1st | San Salvador Department | San Salvador | 0.795 | 2,995,787 | |
High | |||||
2nd | La Libertad Department | Santa Tecla, El Salvador | 0.768 | 842,624 | |
3rd | Santa Ana Department | Santa Ana, El Salvador | 0.740 | 630,903 | |
4th | Sonsonate Department | Sonsonate | 0.731 | 518,522 | |
5th | Cuscatlán | Cojutepeque | 0.727 | 231,480 | |
6th | San Miguel Department | San Miguel, El Salvador | 0.713 | 454,003 | |
7th | La Paz Department | Zacatecoluca | 0.707 | 318,107 | |
8th | Usulután Department | Usulután | 0.698 | 464,883 | |
9th | Ahuachapán Department | Ahuachapán | 0.694 | 377,141 | |
10th | San Vicente Department | San Vicente, El Salvador | 0.688 | 230,205 | |
Medium | |||||
11th | Chalatenango Department | Chalatenango | 0.682 | 274,878 | |
12th | La Unión Department | La Unión, El Salvador | 0.675 | 372,271 | |
13th | Cabañas | Sensuntepeque | 0.662 | 214,150 | |
14th | Morazán | San Francisco Gotera | 0.642 | 251,447 |
References
- ↑ Informe Nacional de Desarrollo Humano 2008 Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo.