Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of Mauritius, you would:
Health
be 70.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Mauritius, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In El Salvador, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.
be 2.3 times more likely to be obese
In Mauritius, 10.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In El Salvador, that number is 24.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 54.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Mauritius, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In El Salvador, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.
make 57.5% less money
Mauritius has a GDP per capita of $26,600 as of 2023, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $11,300 as of 2023.
be 2.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Mauritius, 10.3% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In El Salvador, however, that number is 26.6% as of 2022.
pay a 100.0% higher top tax rate
Mauritius has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In El Salvador, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 48.8% less likely to die during childbirth
In Mauritius, approximately 84.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In El Salvador, 43.0 women do as of 2020.
have 74.5% more children
In Mauritius, there are approximately 9.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In El Salvador, there are 17.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 16.3% less on education
Mauritius spends 4.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. El Salvador spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 47.8% more on healthcare
Mauritius spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In El Salvador, that number is 9.9% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 73.4% more coastline
Mauritius has a total of 177 km of coastline. In El Salvador, that number is 307 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Mauritius Revenue Authority, The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance.
El Salvador: At a glance
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