If you lived in El Salvador instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

be 66.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In El Salvador, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.

live 1.3 years less

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In El Salvador, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 62.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 18.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2008. In El Salvador, that number is 7.0% as of 2017.

make 33.1% less money

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a GDP per capita of $12,100 as of 2020, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $8,100 as of 2020.

Life

be 53.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 98.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In El Salvador, 46.0 women do as of 2017.

have 45.6% more children

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In El Salvador, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 2.5 times more likely to have internet access

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 22.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In El Salvador, about 55.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 40.4% less on education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 5.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. El Salvador spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 50.0% more on healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 4.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In El Salvador, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 3.7 times more coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 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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