Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of Arizona, you would:
Economy
be 17.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Arizona, 4.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In El Salvador, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
be 2.3 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Arizona, 11.9% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In El Salvador, however, that number is 27.2% as of 2023.
make 90.2% less money
Arizona has a GDP per capita of $58,628 as of 2024, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $5,767 as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 26.5% less likely to have internet access
In Arizona, approximately 90.5% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In El Salvador, about 66.5% do as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
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El Salvador: At a glance
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