Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of Belize, you would:
Health
be 58.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Belize, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In El Salvador, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.
Economy
be 66.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Belize, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In El Salvador, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.
be 35.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Belize, 41.0% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In El Salvador, however, that number is 26.6% as of 2022.
make 11.7% less money
Belize has a GDP per capita of $12,800 as of 2023, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $11,300 as of 2023.
Life
be 66.9% less likely to die during childbirth
In Belize, approximately 130.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In El Salvador, 43.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 52.9% less on education
Belize spends 8.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. El Salvador spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 43.5% more on healthcare
Belize spends 6.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In El Salvador, that number is 9.9% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 20.5% less coastline
Belize has a total of 386 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
How big is El Salvador compared to Belize? See an in-depth size comparison.