Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Namibia instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
be 30.1% less likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Namibia, that number is 17.2% of people as of 2016.
be 23.2 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In El Salvador, 0.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Namibia, that number is 11.6% of people as of 2020.
live 8.9 years less
In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Namibia, that number is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 23.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In El Salvador, 22.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Namibia, however, that number is 17.4% as of 2015.
be 4.9 times more likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Namibia, that number is 34.0% as of 2016.
pay a 23.3% higher top tax rate
El Salvador has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Namibia, the top tax rate is 37.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 40.0% more children
In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Namibia, there are 25.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 4.2 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 Namibia, 195.0 women do as of 2017.
be 2.4 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 Namibia, on the other hand, 29.4 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 41.2% 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 Namibia, that number is 57% of people on average (78% in urban areas, and 36% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 25.5% less likely to have internet access
In El Salvador, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Namibia, about 41.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 2.8 times more on education
El Salvador spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Namibia spends 9.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 18.1% more on healthcare
El Salvador spends 7.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Namibia, that number is 8.5% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 5.1 times more coastline
El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue Department.
Namibia: At a glance
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