DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014

168 III. Country Profiles
EL SALVADOR
Key Scores and Trends
Rank
Score
2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change
Overall 124/140 132/140 8 24/100 21/100 3
Depth 93/140 101/140 8 19/50 15/50 4
Breadth 130/140 132/140 2 5/50 5/50 0
Trade Pillar 124/140 129/140 5 30/100 28/100 2
SLV
Capital Pillar · · · · · ·
Information Pillar 61/102 65/102 4 52/100 46/100 6
People Pillar 90/109 87/109 -3 34/100 34/100 0
Connectedness Score Trend
30
25
20
15
10
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Rooted Map
Rooted Map:
El Salvador’s El Salvador’s Merchandise Merchandise Exports, Exports, 2013 2013
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EL SALVADOR
Top Export Destinations
1. U.S.A. (46%)
2. Honduras (14%)
3. Guatemala (13%)
4. Nicaragua (6%)
5. Costa Rica (4%)
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El Salvador’s Share of Partners’ Imports
4% 1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.05% 0.01% unknown
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6. Panama (2%)
7. Mexico (1%)
8. Spain (1%)
9. Canada (1%)
10. Dom. Rep. (1%)
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Major Export Products
Offshore assembly exports,
coffee, sugar, textiles and
apparel, gold, ethanol,
chemicals, electricity, iron
and steel manufactures
Depth
Rank
Level
Outward Inward Outward Inward
Trade 74/140 –
Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 88/140 45/140 22% 44%
Services Trade (% of GDP) 83/140 109/140 6% 5%
Capital 93/94 –
FDI Stock (% of GDP) 130/131 80/140 0% 34%
FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 113/133 99/140 0% 8%
Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) 73/84 · 0% ·
Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) 65/91 · 0% ·
Information 30/140 –
Internet Bandwidth
63/140 40,488
(Bits per Second per Internet User)
International Phone Calls
(Minutes per Capita)
Printed Publications Trade
(USD per Capita)
19/140 15/140 407 443
56/136 65/136 $4 $7
People 82/118 –
Migrants (% of Population) 11/139 119/140 24% 1%
Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) 55/92 79/131 0.2 0.2
International Students (% of Tertiary
Education Enrollment)
93/128 92/112 2% 1%
Breadth
Rank
% Same Region
Outward Inward Outward Inward
Trade 129/140 –
Merchandise Trade 131/139 115/140 44% 31%
Capital · –
SLV
FDI Stock · · · ·
FDI Flows · · · ·
Portfolio Equity Stock · – · –
Information 82/102 –
30
International Phone Calls
25
Printed 20 Publications Trade
65/100
121/136
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109/136
28%
97%
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32%
15
10
People 2005 2006 2007 200899/126 2009 2010 2011 – 2012 2013
Migrants 81/139 70/130 4% 77%
Tourists – 91/99 – 62%
International Students – 75/96 – 70%
Directionality
Overall
Depth
Breadth
-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100
Balance Inward Outward
Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of Connectedness
Structural Factors
General Policies / Environment
Rank Level
Rank Level
GDP per Capita (+) 93/140 $3,826 Operating Environment (+) 123/129 3.5
Linguistic Commonality (+) 36/140 6% Infrastructure (+) 79/129 3.8
Remoteness (-) 51/140 5.9 Press Freedom (+) 34/137 79
Population (-) 92/140 6.3 Labor Freedom (+) 69/140 63
Landlocked (-) – No Financial Freedom (+) 17/140 70
Globalization Policies
Rank Level
Enabling Trade Index (+) 71/129 4.0
Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 87/138 2.4
Capital Account Openness (+) 52/135 0.8
Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 56/139 112
Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) 47/140 83
– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact