Quality of Life Comparison


If you lived in El Salvador instead of Barbados, you would:


be 62.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Barbados, 1.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV. In El Salvador, that number is 0.6% of people.


be 33.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Barbados, 10.5% of adults are unemployed. In El Salvador, that number is 7.0%.

spend 10.4% less on taxes

Barbados has a top tax rate of 33.5%. In El Salvador, the top tax rate is 30.0%.

make 52.4% less money

Barbados has a GDP per capita of $18,700, while in El Salvador, the GDP per capita is $8,900.


have 38.5% more children

In Barbados, there are approximately 11.7 babies per 1,000 people. In El Salvador, there are 16.2 babies per 1,000 people.

be 100.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Barbados, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor. In El Salvador, 54.0 women do.

be 64.7% more likely to die during infancy


Basic Needs

be 63.5% less likely to have internet access

In Barbados, approximately 79.5% of the population has internet access. In El Salvador, about 29.0% do.


spend 31.4% less on education

Barbados spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education. El Salvador spends 3.5% of total GDP on education.


see 3.2 times more coastline

Barbados has a total of 97 km of coastline. In El Salvador, that number is 307 km.

El Salvador: At a glance


How big is El Salvador compared to Barbados? See an in-depth size comparison.

The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Barbados.



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