Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brazil instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
be 10.2% less likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Brazil, that number is 22.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 74.1% more money
El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $8,100 as of 2020, while in Brazil, the GDP per capita is $14,100 as of 2020.
be 81.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In El Salvador, 22.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Brazil, however, that number is 4.2% as of 2016.
be 70.4% more likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Brazil, that number is 11.9% as of 2019.
Life
be 30.4% more likely to die during childbirth
In El Salvador, approximately 46.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Brazil, 60.0 women do as of 2017.
have 21.9% fewer children
In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Brazil, there are 14.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 47.3% more likely to have internet access
In El Salvador, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Brazil, about 81.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 79.4% more on education
El Salvador spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Brazil spends 6.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 33.3% more on healthcare
El Salvador spends 7.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Brazil, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 24.4 times more coastline
El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Brazil, that number is 7,491 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Brazil: At a glance
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