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

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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