Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of Belize, you would:
Health
be 58.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Belize, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In El Salvador, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.
Economy
make 32.8% more money
Belize has a GDP per capita of $6,100 as of 2020, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $8,100 as of 2020.
be 22.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Belize, 9.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In El Salvador, that number is 7.0% as of 2017.
be 44.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Belize, 41.0% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In El Salvador, however, that number is 22.8% as of 2019.
Life
be 27.8% more likely to die during childbirth
In Belize, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In El Salvador, 46.0 women do as of 2017.
have 16.0% fewer children
In Belize, there are approximately 21.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In El Salvador, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 57.0% less on education
Belize spends 7.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. El Salvador spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 20.0% more on healthcare
Belize spends 6.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In El Salvador, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 20.5% less coastline
Belize has a total of 386 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
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