Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Nepal instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
be 83.3% less likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Nepal, that number is 4.1% of people as of 2016.
live 3.0 years less
In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Nepal, that number is 72 years (72 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 57.1% less likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Nepal, that number is 3.0% as of 2017.
make 53.1% less money
El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $8,100 as of 2020, while in Nepal, the GDP per capita is $3,800 as of 2020.
be 10.5% more likely to live below the poverty line
In El Salvador, 22.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Nepal, however, that number is 25.2% as of 2011.
Life
be 4.0 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 Nepal, 186.0 women do as of 2017.
be 23.8% less likely to be literate
In El Salvador, the literacy rate is 89.1% as of 2019. In Nepal, it is 67.9% as of 2018.
be 2.1 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 Nepal, on the other hand, 25.1 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 30.9% less likely to have internet access
In El Salvador, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Nepal, about 38.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 37.5% less on healthcare
El Salvador spends 7.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Nepal, that number is 4.5% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 29.4% more on education
El Salvador spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Nepal spends 4.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Nepal: At a glance
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