Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of North Carolina, you would:
Economy
be 18.8% less likely to be unemployed
In North Carolina, 3.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2025. In El Salvador, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.
make 80.9% less money
North Carolina has a GDP per capita of $59,308 as of 2024, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $11,300 as of 2023.
be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In North Carolina, 12.1% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In El Salvador, however, that number is 26.6% as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 29.0% less likely to have internet access
In North Carolina, approximately 88.7% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In El Salvador, about 63.0% do as of 2021.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
El Salvador: At a glance
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