Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Indonesia instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
be 72.0% less likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Indonesia, that number is 6.9% of people as of 2016.
live 2.3 years less
In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Indonesia, that number is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 24.8% more money
El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $11,300 as of 2023, while in Indonesia, the GDP per capita is $14,100 as of 2023.
be 64.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In El Salvador, 26.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Indonesia, however, that number is 9.4% as of 2023.
be 23.9% more likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 2.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Indonesia, that number is 3.4% as of 2023.
Life
be 4.0 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 Indonesia, 173.0 women do as of 2020.
be 62.5% 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 Indonesia, on the other hand, 19.7 children do as of 2022.
have 13.5% fewer children
In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Indonesia, there are 14.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 14.6% less on education
El Salvador spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Indonesia spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 65.7% less on healthcare
El Salvador spends 9.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Indonesia, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 178.2 times more coastline
El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Indonesia, that number is 54,716 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Indonesia: At a glance
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