List of Salvadoran departments by Human Development Index

This is a list the fourteen departments of El Salvador by Human Development Index.[1]

World Trade Center in (1st) San Salvador
Santa Tecla Cathedral in (2nd) La Libertad
Acajutla port in (4th) Sonsonate
View of the capital city of (6th) San Miguel
Ataco Village in (9th) Ahuachapán
Construction of La Union Port, built to develop the department of (12th) La Union

Departments

Department Capital HDI Estimated population 2010
High human development
San Salvador Department San Salvador 0,716 2,995,787
Medium human development
La Libertad Department Santa Tecla, El Salvador 0,664 842,624
San Miguel Department San Miguel, El Salvador 0,646 454,003
Usulután Department Usulután 0,644 464,883
La Paz Department Zacatecoluca 0,642 318,107
Cuscatlán Cojutepeque 0,640 231,480
Sonsonate Department Sonsonate 0,639 518,522
Santa Ana Department Santa Ana, El Salvador 0,633 630,903
San Vicente Department San Vicente, El Salvador 0,632 230,205
Ahuachapán Department Ahuachapán 0,614 377,141
Cabañas Sensuntepeque 0,611 214,150
Chalatenango Department Chalatenango 0,609 274,878
Morazán San Francisco Gotera 0,606 251,447
La Unión Department La Unión, El Salvador 0,593 372,271

References

  1. ^ "Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano El Salvador 2018 ¡SOY JOVEN! ¿Y ahora qué? -SINOPSIS | Programa De Las Naciones Unidas Para El Desarrollo". UNDP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-10.