Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of Jamaica, you would:
Health
be 64.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In El Salvador, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.
Economy
be 33.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In El Salvador, however, that number is 22.8% as of 2019.
pay a 20.0% higher top tax rate
Jamaica has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In El Salvador, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 42.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Jamaica, approximately 80.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In El Salvador, 46.0 women do as of 2017.
have 12.3% more children
In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In El Salvador, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 37.0% less on education
Jamaica spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. El Salvador spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 18.0% more on healthcare
Jamaica spends 6.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In El Salvador, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 70.0% less coastline
Jamaica has a total of 1,022 km of coastline. In El Salvador, that number is 307 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Tax Admministration of Jamaica.
El Salvador: At a glance
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