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

Health

be 51.9% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In El Salvador, that number is 32.2% of people as of 2024.

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have 77.3% more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. El Salvador scores 78 as of 2021.

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Basic Needs

be 16.5% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In El Salvador, about 66.5% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 19.1% more on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In El Salvador, that number is 9.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 4.8 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In El Salvador, that number is 307 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2021), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Bank (2023–2024). How we calculate this

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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