Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 40.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In El Salvador, 26.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Vanuatu, however, that number is 15.9% as of 2019.

make 70.2% less money

El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $9,400 as of 2022, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2022.

be 74.0% more likely to be unemployed

In El Salvador, 3.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 5.2% as of 2022.

Life

have 21.6% more children

In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Vanuatu, there are 20.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In El Salvador, approximately 43.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 94.0 women do as of 2020.

be 18.1% more likely to die during infancy

In El Salvador, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Vanuatu, on the other hand, 14.3 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 28.4% less likely to have access to electricity

In El Salvador, approximately 98% of people have electricity access (99% in urban areas, and 94% in rural areas) as of 2021. In Vanuatu, that number is 70% of people on average (97% in urban areas, and 61% in rural areas) as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 43.9% less on education

El Salvador spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 59.6% less on healthcare

El Salvador spends 9.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Vanuatu, that number is 4.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 8.2 times more coastline

El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Vanuatu, that number is 2,528 km.

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

Vanuatu: At a glance

Vanuatu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12,189 sq km. Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
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