Electricity – Production:
5.728 billion kWh (2011 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 113
Electricity – Consumption:
5.756 billion kWh (2011 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 109
Electricity – Exports:
101.6 million kWh (2011 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 71
Electricity – Imports:
215.8 million kWh (2011 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 86
Electricity – Installed Generating Capacity:
1.501 million kW (2009 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 113
Electricity – from Fossil Fuels:
53% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 152
Electricity – from Nuclear Fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 86
Electricity – from Hydroelectric Plants:
31.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 71
Electricity – from Other Renewable Sources:
15.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 10
Crude Oil – Production:
0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 131
Crude Oil – Exports:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 108
Crude Oil – Imports:
13,160 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 75
Crude Oil – Proved Reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 130
Refined Petroleum Products – Production:
16,750 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 99
Refined Petroleum Products – Consumption:
44,040 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 105
Refined Petroleum Products – Exports:
2,158 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 104
Refined Petroleum Products – Imports:
26,860 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 92
Natural Gas – Production:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 126
Natural Gas – Consumption:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 140
Natural Gas – Exports:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 95
Natural Gas – Imports:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 190
Natural Gas – Proved Reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 134
Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Consumption of Energy:
6.484 million Mt (2010 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 117
Communications
Telephones – Main Lines in Use:
1.03 million (2011)
Country comparison to the world: 77
Telephones – Mobile Cellular:
8.316 million (2011)
Country comparison to the world: 86
Telephone System:
General assessment: multiple mobile-cellular providers are expanding services rapidly and in 2011 teledensity exceeded 135 per 100 persons; growth in fixed-line services has slowed in the face of mobile-cellular competition
Domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system
International: country code – 503; satellite earth station – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2011)
Broadcast Media:
Multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
Internet Country Code:
.sv
Internet Hosts:
24,070 (2012)
Country comparison to the world: 113
Internet Users:
746,000 (2009)
Country comparison to the world: 107