If you lived in El Salvador instead of Grenada, you would:

Health

be 15.5% more likely to be obese

In Grenada, 21.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In El Salvador, that number is 24.6% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 70.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Grenada, 24.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In El Salvador, that number is 7.0% as of 2017.

be 40.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Grenada, 38.0% live below the poverty line as of 2008. In El Salvador, however, that number is 22.8% as of 2019.

make 46.4% less money

Grenada has a GDP per capita of $15,100 as of 2020, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $8,100 as of 2020.

Life

have 28.2% more children

In Grenada, there are approximately 13.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In El Salvador, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 84.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Grenada, approximately 25.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In El Salvador, 46.0 women do as of 2017.

be 29.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Grenada, approximately 9.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In El Salvador, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 44.0% more on healthcare

Grenada spends 5.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In El Salvador, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 2.5 times more coastline

Grenada has a total of 121 km of coastline. In El Salvador, that number is 307 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

El Salvador: At a glance

El Salvador is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 20,721 sq km. El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.
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