Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in El Salvador instead of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, you would:

Economy

be 27.6 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 0.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2011. In El Salvador, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 4.7 times more likely to have internet access

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, approximately 13.4% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In El Salvador, about 63.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 11.8 times more coastline

Cocos (Keeling) Islands has a total of 26 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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