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El Salvador vs Haiti statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

El Salvador has a population of 6.34M (ranked 111/197), compared with 11.8M in Haiti (ranked 83/197). El Salvador's land area is 8,000 sq mi versus 10,641 sq mi for Haiti (ranked 150th vs. 142nd).

By GDP, El Salvador ranks 105/197 ($35.4B) and Haiti ranks 118/197 ($25.2B). By GDP per capita, El Salvador ranks 116/197 ($5,580), while Haiti ranks 154/197 ($2,143).

Main facts and rankings

El Salvador Haiti
Population
6386184
12011655
Population rank 112/197 82/197
GDP
$35.4B
2024
$25.2B
2024
GDP rank 105/197 118/197
GDP per capita
$5,580
2024
$2,143
2024
GDP per capita rank 116/197 154/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$13,264
2024
$3,183
2024
Government debt
$31B
2024
$3.77B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
87.9%
2025
11.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,887
2024
$320
2024
Government debt per person rank 80/185 177/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,836
2025
$2,081
2025
Land area
8,000 sq mi
2025
10,641 sq mi
2025
Population density
792 ppl/mi²
2024
1,106 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.78
2023
2.66
2023
Median age
28.5 years
2024
24.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.5 years
2025
65.3 years
2025

El Salvador and Haiti: Comparison Charts

El Salvador and Haiti economies compared

GDP
El Salvador

Haiti
Year GDP
El Salvador Haiti
1960 - $273,187,200
1961 - $271,066,000
1962 - $281,896,800
1963 - $294,883,400
1964 - $325,281,200
1965 $877,720,000 $353,251,800
1966 $929,520,000 $368,948,600
1967 $976,200,000 $369,124,200
1968 $1,009,760,100 $367,968,800
1969 $1,049,400,000 $391,820,400
1970 $1,132,920,000 $331,200,000
1971 $1,186,120,000 $362,800,000
1972 $1,263,720,000 $371,998,958
1973 $1,442,320,000 $466,798,973
1974 $1,665,880,000 $565,399,322
1975 $1,884,120,100 $681,400,000
1976 $2,328,280,100 $879,000,000
1977 $2,941,640,100 $947,000,000
1978 $3,127,960,000 $974,200,000
1979 $3,463,639,900 $1,080,600,000
1980 $3,573,959,900 $1,383,800,000
1981 $3,437,200,200 $1,479,400,000
1982 $3,399,189,100 $1,474,200,000
1983 $3,506,347,800 $1,623,600,000
1984 $3,661,683,400 $1,816,200,000
1985 $3,800,368,600 $2,009,400,000
1986 $3,771,663,200 $2,318,000,000
1987 $3,958,045,800 $2,047,200,000
1988 $4,189,880,000 $2,613,926,800
1989 $4,372,215,300 $2,736,243,800
1990 $4,817,542,204 $3,096,289,800
1991 $5,252,342,400 $3,473,562,628
1992 $5,813,399,300 $2,257,129,792
1993 $6,680,269,200 $1,878,253,767
1994 $7,679,384,000 $2,167,569,046
1995 $8,921,947,100 $2,813,313,279
1996 $9,586,327,800 $2,907,517,604
1997 $10,221,705,900 $3,338,949,152
1998 $10,936,669,900 $3,723,903,724
1999 $11,284,197,000 $4,153,725,884
2000 $11,784,927,700 $6,813,566,099
2001 $12,282,533,600 $6,331,970,324
2002 $12,664,190,300 $6,205,847,214
2003 $13,243,892,200 $5,071,947,798
2004 $13,724,810,900 $6,087,360,684
2005 $14,698,000,000 $7,030,149,730
2006 $15,999,890,000 $7,638,739,123
2007 $17,011,750,000 $9,228,637,768
2008 $17,986,890,000 $10,432,962,635
2009 $17,601,620,000 $11,597,002,835
2010 $18,447,920,000 $11,859,312,725
2011 $20,283,780,000 $13,008,746,039
2012 $21,386,150,000 $13,708,925,477
2013 $21,990,960,000 $14,902,488,604
2014 $22,593,470,000 $15,146,883,498
2015 $23,438,240,000 $14,849,629,309
2016 $24,191,430,000 $14,069,277,526
2017 $24,979,190,000 $15,093,357,161
2018 $26,020,850,000 $16,403,864,618
2019 $26,881,140,000 $15,016,090,930
2020 $24,921,190,000 $14,508,222,518
2021 $29,043,140,000 $20,877,414,953
2022 $31,870,120,000 $20,253,551,921
2023 $33,853,940,000 $19,850,585,722
2024 $35,364,960,000 $25,224,154,991

El Salvador and Haiti economies compared

GDP per capita
El Salvador

Haiti
Year GDP per capita
El Salvador Haiti
1960 - $70.8
1961 - $69
1962 - $70.4
1963 - $72.4
1964 - $78.5
1965 $274.3 $83.6
1966 $282.4 $85.7
1967 $288.4 $84.2
1968 $290.1 $82.4
1969 $293.4 $86.1
1970 $309 $71.5
1971 $316 $76.8
1972 $329 $77.3
1973 $366 $95.1
1974 $413 $113
1975 $457 $133.6
1976 $553 $169.1
1977 $684 $178.7
1978 $712 $180.3
1979 $773 $196.2
1980 $787 $246.5
1981 $752 $258.5
1982 $735 $252.6
1983 $745 $272.8
1984 $763 $299.2
1985 $776 $325
1986 $755 $367
1987 $777 $318
1988 $806 $397
1989 $825 $407
1990 $892 $452
1991 $956 $497
1992 $1,041 $316
1993 $1,180 $258.1
1994 $1,344 $292.1
1995 $1,548 $372
1996 $1,651 $377
1997 $1,749 $425
1998 $1,860 $465
1999 $1,908 $510
2000 $1,983 $821
2001 $2,058 $749
2002 $2,115 $721
2003 $2,208 $579
2004 $2,286 $683
2005 $2,447 $776
2006 $2,666 $829
2007 $2,831 $985
2008 $2,983 $1,095
2009 $2,910 $1,197
2010 $3,040 $1,210
2011 $3,331 $1,312
2012 $3,498 $1,361
2013 $3,582 $1,458
2014 $3,666 $1,460
2015 $3,790 $1,411
2016 $3,901 $1,318
2017 $4,020 $1,395
2018 $4,184 $1,496
2019 $4,320 $1,352
2020 $3,997 $1,290
2021 $4,643 $1,835
2022 $5,075 $1,761
2023 $5,365 $1,706
2024 $5,580 $2,143

El Salvador vs. Haiti life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
El Salvador

Haiti
Year Life expectancy, years
El Salvador Haiti
1950 44.2 37.2
1951 43.8 38.1
1952 44.8 38.8
1953 45 39.5
1954 45.5 40.1
1955 46 41
1956 46.6 41.6
1957 47.1 42.1
1958 47.7 42.6
1959 48 43
1960 48.3 43.4
1961 48.6 43.8
1962 49 44.2
1963 49.4 42.7
1964 49.7 44.9
1965 50.2 45.4
1966 50.7 45.6
1967 50.8 46.1
1968 50.8 46.5
1969 51.3 46.9
1970 51.4 47.3
1971 51.7 47.6
1972 52 47.9
1973 52.8 48.2
1974 52.9 48.5
1975 53.4 48.7
1976 54.4 49
1977 54 49.2
1978 54.7 49.5
1979 53.8 49.7
1980 48.6 50
1981 50.9 50.3
1982 53.3 50.6
1983 54.4 50.9
1984 56.6 51.3
1985 58 51.6
1986 59.3 51.9
1987 59.4 52.2
1988 60 52.6
1989 61.3 52.9
1990 62 53.2
1991 62.5 53.5
1992 62.9 54
1993 64 54.5
1994 64.5 54.7
1995 64.9 55.6
1996 65.5 56.1
1997 66.2 56.7
1998 66.7 57.1
1999 67.3 57.7
2000 67.7 58.2
2001 68 58.6
2002 68.5 59
2003 68.8 59.4
2004 69.3 58.5
2005 69.3 60.3
2006 69.6 60.7
2007 69.8 61.1
2008 70.1 61.3
2009 70.4 61.7
2010 70.9 45.6
2011 71.2 61.6
2012 71.4 62.3
2013 71.2 62.6
2014 71.1 63
2015 71 63.2
2016 70.9 63.3
2017 71 63.8
2018 71.4 64.1
2019 71.7 64.3
2020 70.2 63.8
2021 69.9 62.6
2022 72 63.9
2023 72.1 64.9
2024 72.3 65.1
2025 72.5 65.3

El Salvador and Haiti population clocks and comparison

Population
El Salvador

Haiti
Year Population
El Salvador Haiti
1960 2,791,459 3,858,443
1961 2,870,016 3,929,030
1962 2,949,204 4,001,575
1963 3,028,679 4,073,068
1964 3,111,883 4,146,244
1965 3,199,466 4,223,820
1966 3,290,961 4,302,639
1967 3,385,184 4,382,999
1968 3,480,773 4,465,328
1969 3,576,485 4,549,334
1970 3,668,796 4,635,124
1971 3,757,523 4,723,244
1972 3,846,830 4,813,868
1973 3,938,068 4,906,743
1974 4,029,671 5,001,796
1975 4,120,449 5,099,086
1976 4,210,310 5,198,357
1977 4,301,256 5,299,476
1978 4,394,114 5,402,580
1979 4,480,388 5,507,590
1980 4,540,382 5,614,493
1981 4,570,599 5,723,725
1982 4,622,477 5,835,937
1983 4,707,367 5,951,096
1984 4,798,003 6,069,230
1985 4,894,706 6,190,862
1986 4,992,769 6,316,122
1987 5,092,441 6,445,123
1988 5,195,833 6,578,145
1989 5,298,979 6,714,730
1990 5,399,726 6,854,441
1991 5,495,077 6,995,450
1992 5,585,609 7,136,571
1993 5,659,957 7,278,181
1994 5,714,129 7,419,771
1995 5,762,131 7,562,546
1996 5,805,286 7,707,557
1997 5,844,578 7,854,298
1998 5,880,781 8,002,143
1999 5,913,900 8,151,296
2000 5,943,366 8,303,151
2001 5,968,060 8,455,918
2002 5,986,631 8,607,641
2003 5,998,599 8,759,912
2004 6,004,671 8,910,263
2005 6,005,578 9,061,273
2006 6,002,319 9,216,562
2007 6,009,824 9,373,296
2008 6,029,297 9,530,774
2009 6,048,279 9,689,581
2010 6,068,249 9,803,294
2011 6,090,127 9,914,904
2012 6,113,975 10,069,771
2013 6,138,839 10,222,362
2014 6,162,955 10,373,235
2015 6,183,676 10,523,242
2016 6,200,800 10,671,457
2017 6,213,533 10,817,754
2018 6,219,807 10,962,362
2019 6,222,318 11,105,163
2020 6,234,673 11,243,848
2021 6,255,782 11,374,586
2022 6,280,319 11,503,606
2023 6,309,624 11,637,398
2024 6,338,193 11,772,557

Fertility rates in El Salvador and Haiti

Fertility rate
El Salvador

Haiti
Year Fertility rate
El Salvador Haiti
1960 6.62 6.18
1961 6.64 6.18
1962 6.68 6.18
1963 6.69 6.17
1964 6.68 6.16
1965 6.64 6.13
1966 6.57 6.09
1967 6.49 6.05
1968 6.39 6.01
1969 6.28 5.96
1970 6.18 5.91
1971 6.13 5.88
1972 6.03 5.85
1973 5.93 5.81
1974 5.82 5.78
1975 5.71 5.75
1976 5.59 5.71
1977 5.47 5.67
1978 5.36 5.64
1979 5.23 5.59
1980 5.11 5.56
1981 4.99 5.53
1982 4.83 5.53
1983 4.65 5.51
1984 4.48 5.51
1985 4.32 5.5
1986 4.19 5.48
1987 4.18 5.47
1988 4.1 5.47
1989 4.03 5.44
1990 3.96 5.41
1991 3.89 5.32
1992 3.8 5.21
1993 3.69 5.1
1994 3.61 4.99
1995 3.57 4.88
1996 3.48 4.78
1997 3.38 4.67
1998 3.34 4.56
1999 3.22 4.45
2000 3.08 4.39
2001 2.93 4.25
2002 2.78 4.13
2003 2.64 4.05
2004 2.52 3.94
2005 2.44 3.84
2006 2.4 3.76
2007 2.35 3.69
2008 2.29 3.62
2009 2.26 3.57
2010 2.24 3.5
2011 2.22 3.43
2012 2.19 3.32
2013 2.15 3.22
2014 2.13 3.16
2015 2.07 3.11
2016 1.97 3.05
2017 1.9 2.99
2018 1.85 2.92
2019 1.84 2.86
2020 1.82 2.8
2021 1.8 2.75
2022 1.79 2.7
2023 1.78 2.66

El Salvador and Haiti demographics compared

Median age
El Salvador

Haiti
Year Median age, years
El Salvador Haiti
1960 17.2 19.5
1961 17.1 19.5
1962 17 19.5
1963 17 19.5
1964 16.9 19.5
1965 16.9 19.5
1966 16.8 19.4
1967 16.7 19.4
1968 16.6 19.4
1969 16.6 19.4
1970 16.6 19.4
1971 16.6 19.4
1972 16.6 19.3
1973 16.7 19.3
1974 16.8 19.3
1975 16.9 19.3
1976 17 19.3
1977 17.1 19.3
1978 17.2 19.3
1979 17.4 19.2
1980 17.5 19.2
1981 17.6 19.2
1982 17.7 19.2
1983 17.8 19.1
1984 18 19.1
1985 18.2 19.1
1986 18.4 19
1987 18.5 19
1988 18.6 19
1989 18.7 18.9
1990 18.8 18.9
1991 18.8 18.9
1992 18.8 18.9
1993 19 18.9
1994 19.3 18.9
1995 19.6 19
1996 19.9 19
1997 20.3 19.1
1998 20.6 19.2
1999 21 19.3
2000 21.3 19.4
2001 21.6 19.5
2002 21.9 19.7
2003 22.2 19.8
2004 22.5 20
2005 22.7 20.2
2006 23 20.4
2007 23.2 20.6
2008 23.3 20.9
2009 23.5 21.1
2010 23.7 21.3
2011 23.9 21.6
2012 24.1 21.8
2013 24.3 22
2014 24.6 22.3
2015 24.9 22.5
2016 25.2 22.8
2017 25.6 23
2018 26 23.3
2019 26.4 23.5
2020 26.8 23.8
2021 27.2 24
2022 27.6 24.3
2023 28 24.5
2024 28.5 24.8

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Finance

El Salvador Haiti
GNI, Atlas method
$32.5B
2024
$20.7B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
6.09%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.17%
2023
0.96%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.28%
2023
0.05%
2023
Armed forces personnel
42,000
2020
1,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.38%
2025
-0.12%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.99%
2023
14.1%
2012
Services, % of GDP
61%
2024
48.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.4%
2024
33.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
56.6
2025
46.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.7%
2023
31.2%
2012
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2023
2.1%
2012
Total reserves including gold
$3.7B
2024
$2.72B
2024
Personal remittances received
$8.49B
2024
$3.9B
2024
International tourist arrivals
707,000
2020
938,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
12.3%
2020
34.8%
2018
Banked people share
43.4%
2024
32.6%
2017

Energy

El Salvador Haiti
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
769 kg
2022
378 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.4
2022
$8.65
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.38 megatons
2023
3.54 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.33 tons
2023
0.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.5%
2022
21.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.9%
2021
76.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
34.2%
2022
0.37%
2022
Net energy imports use share
59.5%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
1,110 kWh
2022
74.8 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
95.6%
2021
19.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
30.3%
2022
18.2%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.3%
2023
51.3%
2023

Society

El Salvador Haiti
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.14%
2024
Annual migration change
-23,102
2024
-31,747
2024
Urban population
76%
2024
60.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.13 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
41
2025
15.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
30
2024
16
2024
Higher education index
33
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.83
2022
41.2
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
20.9
2019
18.8
2019
Visa free countries
132
2025
61
2025
Adult literacy rate
89.8%
2024
68%
2017
English speaking
1%
2025
1%
2025
People using the Internet
67.7%
2023
39.3%
2019

Health

El Salvador Haiti
Government health expenditure per capita
$501
2022
$52.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$158.4
2022
$25.2
2022
Life expectancy
72.5 years
2025
65.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.14%
2022
31%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.55
2022
0.24
2018
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
22.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
39
2023
328
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10.4
2023
55.1
2023
Obesity rate
31.3%
2022
11.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.7%
2024
8.5%
2024
Air quality index
57
2025
94
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.9%
2022
8.1%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.15 liters
2020
3.11 liters
2020

Territory

El Salvador Haiti
% of world land
0.01%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
1,262 sq mi
2024
904 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,617 sq mi
2025
6,931 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2,202 sq mi
2025
1,305 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,600 mi
2017
2,651 mi
2009

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