Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of Rhode Island, you would:
Economy
be 25.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Rhode Island, 4.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In El Salvador, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
be 2.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Rhode Island, 10.3% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In El Salvador, however, that number is 27.2% as of 2023.
make 89.9% less money
Rhode Island has a GDP per capita of $56,938 as of 2024, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $5,767 as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 26.8% less likely to have internet access
In Rhode Island, approximately 90.8% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In El Salvador, about 66.5% do as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
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El Salvador: At a glance
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