Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Bolivia instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
be 17.9% less likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bolivia, that number is 20.2% of people as of 2016.
live 2.9 years less
In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Bolivia, that number is 72 years (71 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 42.9% less likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Bolivia, that number is 4.0% as of 2017.
pay a 56.7% lower top tax rate
El Salvador has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Bolivia, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2016.
be 63.2% more likely to live below the poverty line
In El Salvador, 22.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Bolivia, however, that number is 37.2% as of 2019.
Life
be 3.4 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 Bolivia, 155.0 women do as of 2017.
be 83.5% 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 Bolivia, on the other hand, 22.3 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 2.1 times more on education
El Salvador spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Bolivia spends 7.3% of total GDP on education as of 2014.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Autoridad de ImpugnaciĆ³n Tributaria (AIT), Bolivia.
Bolivia: At a glance
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