Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Bangladesh instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
be 85.4% less likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bangladesh, that number is 3.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 37.1% less likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Bangladesh, that number is 4.4% as of 2017.
make 40.7% less money
El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $8,100 as of 2020, while in Bangladesh, the GDP per capita is $4,800 as of 2020.
Life
be 3.8 times more likely to die during childbirth
In El Salvador, approximately 46.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Bangladesh, 173.0 women do as of 2017.
be 15.9% less likely to be literate
In El Salvador, the literacy rate is 89.1% as of 2019. In Bangladesh, it is 74.9% as of 2020.
be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy
In El Salvador, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Bangladesh, on the other hand, 30.4 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 14.4% less likely to have access to electricity
In El Salvador, approximately 97% of people have electricity access (99% in urban areas, and 93% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Bangladesh, that number is 83% of people on average (93% in urban areas, and 77% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 54.5% less likely to have internet access
In El Salvador, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Bangladesh, about 25.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 61.8% less on education
El Salvador spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Bangladesh spends 1.3% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 65.3% less on healthcare
El Salvador spends 7.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Bangladesh, that number is 2.5% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 88.9% more coastline
El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Bangladesh, that number is 580 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Bangladesh: At a glance
How big is Bangladesh compared to El Salvador? See an in-depth size comparison.