Quality of life comparison
If you lived in El Salvador instead of Montserrat, you would:
Economy
be 50.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Montserrat, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In El Salvador, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.
make 66.8% less money
Montserrat has a GDP per capita of $34,000 as of 2011, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $11,300 as of 2023.
Life
have 43.7% more children
In Montserrat, there are approximately 11.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In El Salvador, there are 17.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 17.2% more likely to die during infancy
In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In El Salvador, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 12.1% more likely to have internet access
In Montserrat, approximately 56.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In El Salvador, about 63.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 24.1% less on education
Montserrat spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. El Salvador spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 7.7 times more coastline
Montserrat has a total of 40 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
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