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

Economy

be 16.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Lithuania, 8.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In El Salvador, that number is 7.0% as of 2017.

make 77.9% less money

Lithuania has a GDP per capita of $36,700 as of 2020, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $8,100 as of 2020.

be 10.7% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Lithuania, 20.6% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In El Salvador, however, that number is 22.8% as of 2019.

pay a 100.0% higher top tax rate

Lithuania has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In El Salvador, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 93.0% more children

In Lithuania, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In El Salvador, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 9.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Lithuania, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In El Salvador, 46.0 women do as of 2017.

be 10.7% less likely to be literate

In Lithuania, the literacy rate is 99.8% as of 2015. In El Salvador, it is 89.1% as of 2019.

be 3.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Lithuania, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In El Salvador, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 43.8% less likely to have internet access

In Lithuania, approximately 97.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In El Salvador, about 55.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 12.8% less on education

Lithuania spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. El Salvador spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 3.4 times more coastline

Lithuania has a total of 90 km of coastline. In El Salvador, that number is 307 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, State Tax Inspectorate, Ministry of Finance.

El Salvador: At a glance

El Salvador is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 20,721 sq km. El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.
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