Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 76.2% less money

Montserrat has a GDP per capita of $34,000 as of 2011, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $8,100 as of 2020.

be 25.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Montserrat, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In El Salvador, that number is 7.0% as of 2017.

Life

have 63.9% more children

In Montserrat, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In El Salvador, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 17.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 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.

Expenditures

spend 62.6% less on education

Montserrat spends 9.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. El Salvador spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 7.7 times more coastline

Montserrat has a total of 40 km of coastline. In El Salvador, that number is 307 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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