Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tonga instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
live 2.2 years longer
In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
be 95.9% more likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 16.7% less likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 2.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tonga, that number is 2.3% as of 2023.
be 22.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In El Salvador, 26.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Tonga, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2021.
make 41.6% less money
El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $11,300 as of 2023, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,600 as of 2022.
Life
be 11.6% more likely to be literate
In El Salvador, the literacy rate is 89.1% as of 2019. In Tonga, it is 99.4% as of 2021.
have 15.2% more children
In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.9 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 Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 46.5% less on healthcare
El Salvador spends 9.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 61.0% more on education
El Salvador spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
Geography
see 36.5% more coastline
El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Tonga: At a glance
How big is Tonga compared to El Salvador? See an in-depth size comparison.