If you lived in Indiana instead of El Salvador, you would:

Economy

make 5.2 times more money

El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $11,300 as of 2023, while in Indiana, the GDP per capita is $59,083 as of 2024.

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be 56.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In El Salvador, 26.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Indiana, however, that number is 11.6% as of 2023.

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Basic Needs

be 40.5% more likely to have internet access

In El Salvador, approximately 63.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Indiana, about 88.5% do as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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