El Salvador vs Jamaica: Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre
El Salvador
5.18 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Jamaica
6.03 people per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
61st
Jamaica rank
59th
Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre over time
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 6.03 people per square kilometre against 5.18 people per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.85 people per square kilometre.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 61st and Jamaica ranks 59th of 214 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.74 people per square kilometre | 29.19 people per square kilometre | 4.55 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 14.64 people per square kilometre | 12.94 people per square kilometre | 1.7 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 3.1 people per square kilometre | 1.7 people per square kilometre | 1.4 people per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 6.03 people per square kilometre against 5.18 people per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 0.85 people per square kilometre, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 61st and Jamaica ranks 59th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.